Test 3 · When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief Big sister on the phone, Glasgow accent: "Wee Jamie's still greetin' every night, aye, about missin' his grandad on the Sunday." ("Wee" is little; "greetin'" is crying.) What should the family do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: missin, Wee, greetin, family · What happens: grandad, be, cry, do
This is test 3 of lesson 1 «When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school .
The question Sentence 1: Big sister on the phone, Glasgow accent: "Wee Jamie's still greetin' every night, aye, about missin' his grandad on the Sunday."
amod case det nmod punct compound conj punct punct compound nsubj case advmod parataxis punct det obl:unmarked punct discourse punct case nsubj punct nmod:poss conj case det nmod punct punct root Big ADJ sister NOUN on ADP the DET phone NOUN , PUNCT Glasgow PROPN accent NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Wee PROPN Jamie PROPN 's PART still ADV greetin ADJ ' PUNCT every DET night NOUN , PUNCT aye INTJ , PUNCT about ADP missin NOUN ' PUNCT his PRON grandad NOUN on ADP the DET Sunday PROPN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Big big ADJ Degree=Pos 2 sister amod 2 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 on on ADP _ 5 phone case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 phone det 5 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing 2 sister nmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 accent punct 7 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN Number=Sing 8 accent compound 8 accent accent NOUN Number=Sing 2 sister conj 9 : : PUNCT _ 15 greetin punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 15 greetin punct 11 Wee Wee PROPN Number=Sing 12 Jamie compound 12 Jamie Jamie PROPN Number=Sing 15 greetin nsubj 13 's 's PART _ 12 Jamie case 14 still still ADV _ 15 greetin advmod 15 greetin greetin ADJ Degree=Pos 2 sister parataxis 16 ' ' PUNCT _ 15 greetin punct 17 every every DET PronType=Tot 18 night det 18 night night NOUN Number=Sing 15 greetin obl:unmarked 19 , , PUNCT _ 20 aye punct 20 aye aye INTJ _ 26 grandad discourse 21 , , PUNCT _ 23 missin punct 22 about about ADP _ 23 missin case 23 missin missin NOUN Number=Sing 26 grandad nsubj 24 ' ' PUNCT _ 23 missin punct 25 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 26 grandad nmod:poss 26 grandad grandad NOUN Number=Sing 15 greetin conj 27 on on ADP _ 29 Sunday case 28 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 29 Sunday det 29 Sunday Sunday PROPN Number=Sing 26 grandad nmod 30 . . PUNCT _ 2 sister punct 31 " " PUNCT _ 2 sister punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grandad in a quote missin sunday tree rules
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: ("Wee" is little; "greetin'" is crying.)
punct punct nsubj punct cop punct punct nsubj punct punct aux conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Wee NOUN " PUNCT is AUX little ADJ ; PUNCT " PUNCT greetin NOUN ' PUNCT " PUNCT is AUX crying VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 little punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wee punct 3 Wee wee NOUN Number=Sing 6 little nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wee punct 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 little cop 6 little little ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 13 crying punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 greetin punct 9 greetin greetin NOUN Number=Sing 13 crying nsubj 10 ' ' PUNCT _ 9 greetin punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 9 greetin punct 12 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 crying aux 13 crying cry VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 little conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 13 crying punct 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 little punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Wee little property tree rules 2 cry speech: express present · progressive greetin vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What should the family do?
obj aux det nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX the DET family NOUN do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 do aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 family det 4 family family NOUN Number=Sing 5 do nsubj 5 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should the family vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Agree that the missed Sunday was a terrible thing he did
mark det amod nsubj cop det amod ccomp nsubj acl:relcl root Agree VERB that SCONJ the DET missed VERB Sunday PROPN was AUX a DET terrible ADJ thing NOUN he PRON did VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Agree agree VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 that that SCONJ _ 9 thing mark 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 Sunday det 4 missed miss VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 Sunday amod 5 Sunday Sunday PROPN Number=Sing 9 thing nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 thing cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 thing det 8 terrible terrible ADJ Degree=Pos 9 thing amod 9 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 1 Agree ccomp 10 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 did nsubj 11 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 thing acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 agree speech: agree imperative you not said here vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 miss participle vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer 3 is a past the missed Sunday a terrible thing tree rules 4 do past he a terrible thing not said here vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
Option 2 Never mention Grandad again in case it makes things worse
advmod obj advmod mark fixed nsubj advcl obj xcomp root Never ADV mention VERB Grandad PROPN again ADV in SCONJ case NOUN it PRON makes VERB things NOUN worse ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Never never ADV PronType=Neg 2 mention advmod 2 mention mention VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 2 mention obj 4 again again ADV _ 2 mention advmod 5 in in SCONJ ExtPos=SCONJ 8 makes mark 6 case case NOUN Number=Sing 5 in fixed 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 makes nsubj 8 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 mention advcl 9 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 8 makes obj 10 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 makes xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not mention speech: other imperative you not said here Grandad again vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grandad=Topic 2 make present case things bad property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material thing=Product
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Let him say the Sunday thought out loud and tell him Grandad loved him
obj xcomp det nsubj ccomp advmod advmod cc conj iobj nsubj ccomp obj root Let VERB him PRON say VERB the DET Sunday PROPN thought VERB out ADV loud ADV and CCONJ tell VERB him PRON Grandad PROPN loved VERB him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Let let VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Let obj 3 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Let xcomp 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 Sunday det 5 Sunday Sunday PROPN Number=Sing 6 thought nsubj 6 thought think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 say ccomp 7 out out ADV _ 8 loud advmod 8 loud loud ADV _ 6 thought advmod 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 tell cc 10 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Let conj 11 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 tell iobj 12 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 13 loved nsubj 13 loved love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 tell ccomp 14 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 loved obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 let imperative you not said here him = he tree rules 2 say speech: assert infinitive him = he not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 think out speech: other past the Sunday loud property vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 tell speech: assert infinitive you not said here him = he vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic 5 love past Grandad him = he vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
Option 4 Tell him to stop greetin' because big boys move on in a week
iobj mark xcomp obj punct mark amod nsubj advcl compound:prt case det obl root Tell VERB him PRON to PART stop VERB greetin NOUN ' PUNCT because SCONJ big ADJ boys NOUN move VERB on ADP in ADP a DET week NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Tell iobj 3 to to PART _ 4 stop mark 4 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Tell xcomp 5 greetin greetin NOUN Number=Sing 4 stop obj 6 ' ' PUNCT _ 5 greetin punct 7 because because SCONJ _ 10 move mark 8 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 9 boys amod 9 boys boy NOUN Number=Plur 10 move nsubj 10 move move VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Tell advcl 11 on on ADP _ 10 move compound:prt 12 in in ADP _ 14 week case 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 week det 14 week week NOUN Number=Sing 10 move obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here him = he vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic 2 stop not said to happen to-infinitive you not said here greetin vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality greetin=Eventuality 3 move on present big boys week vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
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