Test 6 · When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief Leo's brother goes: "lowkey crying over a goldfish is so mid, bro." ("Lowkey" means a bit; "mid" means lame.) Who is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, lowkey, mid · What happens: go, cry, be, mean · To what, where: bit, lame
This is test 6 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: Leo's brother goes: "lowkey crying over a goldfish is so mid, bro."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nsubj acl case det obl cop advmod parataxis punct vocative punct punct root Leo PROPN 's PART brother NOUN goes VERB : PUNCT " PUNCT lowkey NOUN crying VERB over ADP a DET goldfish NOUN is AUX so ADV mid ADJ , PUNCT bro NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leo Leo PROPN Number=Sing 3 brother nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Leo case 3 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 4 goes nsubj 4 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 : : PUNCT _ 14 mid punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 14 mid punct 7 lowkey lowkey NOUN Number=Sing 14 mid nsubj 8 crying cry VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 lowkey acl 9 over over ADP _ 11 goldfish case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 goldfish det 11 goldfish goldfish NOUN Number=Sing 8 crying obl 12 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 mid cop 13 so so ADV _ 14 mid advmod 14 mid mid ADJ Degree=Pos 4 goes parataxis 15 , , PUNCT _ 16 bro punct 16 bro bro NOUN Number=Sing 14 mid vocative 17 . . PUNCT _ 14 mid punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 4 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Leo's brother vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2 cry speech: express in a quote gerund lowkey not said here over a goldfish vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over goldfish=Location
3 is in a quote present lowkey bro vocative ; mid 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: ("Lowkey" means a bit; "mid" means lame.)
punct punct nsubj punct det obj punct punct nsubj punct conj obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Lowkey PROPN " PUNCT means VERB a DET bit NOUN ; PUNCT " PUNCT mid NOUN " PUNCT means VERB lame NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lowkey punct 3 Lowkey Lowkey PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lowkey punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 bit det 7 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 8 ; ; PUNCT _ 12 means punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 10 mid punct 10 mid mid NOUN Number=Sing 12 means nsubj 11 " " PUNCT _ 10 mid punct 12 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 means conj 13 lame lame NOUN Number=Sing 12 means obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Lowkey a bit vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic
2 mean present mid lame vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lame=Topic
Sentence 3: Who is right?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON is AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 right nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice The brother; fish are too small to be properly sad about
det nsubj punct conj cop advmod mark cop advmod advcl obl root The DET brother NOUN ; PUNCT fish NOUN are AUX too ADV small ADJ to PART be AUX properly ADV sad ADJ about ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 brother det 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 7 small nsubj 3 ; ; PUNCT _ 4 fish punct 4 fish fish NOUN Number=Plur 2 brother conj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 small cop 6 too too ADV _ 7 small advmod 7 small small ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 to to PART _ 11 sad mark 9 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 sad cop 10 properly properly ADV _ 11 sad advmod 11 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 7 small advcl 12 about about ADP _ 11 sad obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the brother and fish small property tree rules
2 is to-infinitive the brother and fish not said here properly, sad property tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Leo; any loss can hurt, and laughing just makes people hide it
punct det nsubj aux parataxis punct cc csubj advmod acl:relcl obj xcomp obj root Leo PROPN ; PUNCT any DET loss NOUN can AUX hurt VERB , PUNCT and CCONJ laughing VERB just ADV makes VERB people NOUN hide VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leo Leo PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 6 hurt punct 3 any any DET PronType=Ind 4 loss det 4 loss loss NOUN Number=Sing 6 hurt nsubj 5 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 hurt aux 6 hurt hurt VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Leo parataxis 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 makes punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 11 makes cc 9 laughing laugh VERB VerbForm=Ger 11 makes csubj 10 just just ADV _ 11 makes advmod 11 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Leo acl:relcl 12 people people NOUN Number=Plur 11 makes obj 13 hide hide VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 makes xcomp 14 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 hide obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hurt can any loss vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2 laugh gerund vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3 make present laughing people tree rules
4 hide infinitive people not said here loss vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Option 3 Neither; it is against the rules to feel sad about pets
advmod punct nsubj cop case det mark acl xcomp case obl root Neither ADV ; PUNCT it PRON is AUX against ADP the DET rules NOUN to PART feel VERB sad ADJ about ADP pets NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neither neither ADV _ 7 rules advmod 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Neither punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 rules nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 rules cop 5 against against ADP _ 7 rules case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 rules det 7 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur root root 8 to to PART _ 9 feel mark 9 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 rules acl 10 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 9 feel xcomp 11 about about ADP _ 12 pets case 12 pets pet NOUN Number=Plur 10 sad obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present it against the rules; neither property tree rules
2 feel to-infinitive sad property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 4 The brother; being sad about pets is only for really little kids
det nsubj punct cop amod case obl cop advmod case advmod amod root The DET brother NOUN ; PUNCT being AUX sad ADJ about ADP pets NOUN is AUX only ADV for ADP really ADV little ADJ kids NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 brother det 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 13 kids nsubj 3 ; ; PUNCT _ 5 sad punct 4 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 sad cop 5 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 2 brother amod 6 about about ADP _ 7 pets case 7 pets pet NOUN Number=Plur 5 sad obl 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 kids cop 9 only only ADV _ 13 kids advmod 10 for for ADP _ 13 kids case 11 really really ADV _ 12 little advmod 12 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 13 kids amod 13 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is gerund about pets; sad property tree rules
2 is present the brother for little kids tree rules
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