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Test 5 · When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief

In a cartoon, the hero's dog dies, he cries once, and the next morning he's totally fine. What's wrong with it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, next morning · What happens: die, cry, be

This is test 5 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: In a cartoon, the hero's dog dies, he cries once, and the next morning he's totally fine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dies	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hero	det
6	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dog	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 hero	case
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dies	nsubj
9	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cries	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 cries	nsubj
12	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dies	conj
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 cries	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 fine	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 fine	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 morning	det
17	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 morning	amod
18	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 fine	nsubj
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 fine	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 fine	cop
21	totally	totally	ADV	_	22 fine	advmod
22	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dies	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 dies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	the hero's dog					in a cartoon	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in cartoon=Attribute
2	cry speech: express	present	dog					once property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	the next morning					fine, totally property	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: What's wrong with it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with cartoon; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Nothing; real grief always ends after one good night's sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 ends	punct
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grief	amod
4	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ends	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 ends	advmod
6	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	parataxis
7	after	after	ADP	_	12 sleep	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 night	nummod
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 night	amod
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sleep	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 night	case
12	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	real grief				after one good night's sleep	always property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	sleep		one good night						nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Real people never cry about dogs, only about humans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cry	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 cry	advmod
4	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 dogs	case
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cry	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 humans	punct
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 humans	advmod
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 humans	case
10	humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cry speech: express	present	Real people					about dogs; about humans	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about dog=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real grief usually comes in waves for weeks or months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grief	amod
2	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	nsubj
3	usually	usually	ADV	_	4 comes	advmod
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 waves	case
6	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 comes	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 weeks	case
8	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 waves	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 months	cc
10	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 waves	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Real grief			waves for weeks or months		usually property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wave=Location

Option 4

Real grief only begins a whole year after the loss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grief	amod
2	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begins	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 begins	advmod
4	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 year	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 year	amod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begins	obl:unmarked
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 loss	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 loss	det
10	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begins	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	present	Real grief				after the loss; year		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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