Test 7 · When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief

A girl in class says, "My grandad's got dementia, he doesn't remember me, so there's no point visiting." What could you tell her?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, grandad, point, you · What happens: say, get, not remember, visit, tell · To what, where: dementia, girl, point · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: A girl in class says, "My grandad's got dementia, he doesn't remember me, so there's no point visiting."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 class	case
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 visiting	parataxis
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 got	punct
8	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 grandad	nmod:poss
9	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 got	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 got	aux
11	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 says	parataxis
12	dementia	dementia	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 got	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 remember	punct
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 remember	nsubj
15	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 remember	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 remember	advmod
17	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	conj
18	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 remember	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 's	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	22 's	advmod
21	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	22 's	expl
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 visiting	aux
23	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	24 point	det
24	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 visiting	nsubj:outer
25	visiting	visit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	25 visiting	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 visiting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a girl in class		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get in a quote	present · passive	My grandad	dementia	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dementia=Stimulus
3	not remember in a quote	present · do-support	grandad	a girl in class = girl	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent i=Theme
4	visit in a quote	present · progressive	no point		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 could you tell her?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	could	you		point				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She is right, visiting someone with dementia does nothing at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	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	_	5 visiting	punct
5	visiting	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 does	csubj
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 visiting	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 dementia	case
8	dementia	dementia	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 someone	nmod
9	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 does	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			right property	tree rules
2	visit	gerund		someone		with dementia	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Co-Agent
3	do	present	visiting	nothing	all		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He may still feel her love, like when she sings his old song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feel	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 feel	aux
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 feel	advmod
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 love	nmod:poss
6	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feel	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sings	punct
8	like	like	SCONJ	_	11 sings	mark
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 sings	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sings	nsubj
11	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feel	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 song	nmod:poss
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 song	amod
14	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sings	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	feel	may	He	her love	still	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Theme
2	sing speech: express	present	she	his old song		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
3	love		her = she			nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
4	sing		his = he			nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Dementia means the person stops having any feelings at all, ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dementia	Dementia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stops	nsubj
5	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
6	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stops	xcomp
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 feelings	det
8	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 having	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 having	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ever	punct
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 means	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	mean	present	Dementia			ever	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop	present	the person				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	have	gerund	the person not said here	any feelings	all		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient

Option 4

She should quiz him on her name every visit until he remembers it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 quiz	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 quiz	aux
3	quiz	quiz	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 quiz	nmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 name	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 name	nmod:poss
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 quiz	conj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 visit	det
9	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 name	obj
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 remembers	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 remembers	nsubj
12	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 quiz	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 remembers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	he	visit					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	name		her = she						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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