Test 9 · When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief Uncle Dai from the Valleys says Josh was "proper tamping" with his dad about Smokey. ("Tamping" means furious.) A week later Josh asks why. What is the honest answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Uncle Dai, Josh, Tamping, honest answer · What happens: say, be, mean, ask · To what, where: proper tamping · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Uncle Dai from the Valleys says Josh was "proper tamping" with his dad about Smokey.
compound nsubj case det nmod nsubj cop punct amod ccomp punct case nmod:poss nmod case nmod punct root Uncle PROPN Dai PROPN from ADP the DET Valleys PROPN says VERB Josh PROPN was AUX " PUNCT proper ADJ tamping NOUN " PUNCT with ADP his PRON dad NOUN about ADP Smokey PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Uncle Uncle PROPN Number=Sing 2 Dai compound 2 Dai Dai PROPN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 3 from from ADP _ 5 Valleys case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 Valleys det 5 Valleys Valley PROPN Number=Plur 2 Dai nmod 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 Josh Josh PROPN Number=Sing 11 tamping nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 tamping cop 9 " " PUNCT _ 11 tamping punct 10 proper proper ADJ Degree=Pos 11 tamping amod 11 tamping tamping NOUN Number=Sing 6 says ccomp 12 " " PUNCT _ 11 tamping punct 13 with with ADP _ 15 dad case 14 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 15 dad nmod:poss 15 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 11 tamping nmod 16 about about ADP _ 17 Smokey case 17 Smokey Smokey PROPN Number=Sing 15 dad nmod 18 . . PUNCT _ 6 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Uncle Dai from the Valleys vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote past Josh proper tamping with Josh's dad about Smokey 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: ("Tamping" means furious.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Tamping NOUN " PUNCT means VERB furious ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Tamping punct 3 Tamping tamping NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Tamping punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 furious furious ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Tamping furious property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: A week later Josh asks why.
det obl:unmarked advmod nsubj advmod punct root A DET week NOUN later ADV Josh PROPN asks VERB why ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 week det 2 week week NOUN Number=Sing 5 asks obl:unmarked 3 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 5 asks advmod 4 Josh Josh PROPN Number=Sing 5 asks nsubj 5 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 why why ADV PronType=Int 5 asks advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 asks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Josh week late property vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: What is the honest answer?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET honest ADJ answer NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 answer det 4 honest honest ADJ Degree=Pos 5 answer amod 5 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the honest answer tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Smokey would have got better on his own if they had waited
nsubj:pass aux aux advmod case nmod:poss obl mark nsubj aux advcl root Smokey ADJ would AUX have AUX got VERB better ADV on ADP his PRON own ADJ if SCONJ they PRON had AUX waited VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Smokey smokey ADJ Degree=Pos 4 got nsubj:pass 2 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 got aux 3 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 got aux 4 got get VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 better well ADV Degree=Cmp 4 got advmod 6 on on ADP _ 8 own case 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 own nmod:poss 8 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 4 got obl 9 if if SCONJ _ 12 waited mark 10 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 waited nsubj 11 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 waited aux 12 waited wait VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 4 got advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get would · perfect · passive Smokey his own well property vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme on own=Source 2 wait a condition, not said to happen past · perfect they vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 Dad was tired of looking after a cat and wanted a new one
nsubj cop mark advcl case det obl cc conj det amod obj root Dad NOUN was AUX tired ADJ of SCONJ looking VERB after ADP a DET cat NOUN and CCONJ wanted VERB a DET new ADJ one NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 tired nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 tired cop 3 tired tired ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 of of SCONJ _ 5 looking mark 5 looking look VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 tired advcl 6 after after ADP _ 8 cat case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 cat det 8 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 5 looking obl 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 wanted cc 10 wanted want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 looking conj 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 one det 12 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 13 one amod 13 one one NOUN Number=Sing 10 wanted obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Dad tired property tree rules 2 look gerund Dad not said here after a cat vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 3 want past Dad not said here a new one vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme
Option 3 The vet wanted the cat because old cats are worth a lot of money
det nsubj det obj mark amod nsubj cop conj det obj case nmod root The DET vet NOUN wanted VERB the DET cat NOUN because SCONJ old ADJ cats NOUN are AUX worth ADJ a DET lot NOUN of ADP money NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 vet det 2 vet vet NOUN Number=Sing 3 wanted nsubj 3 wanted want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 cat det 5 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 3 wanted obj 6 because because SCONJ _ 10 worth mark 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 8 cats amod 8 cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 10 worth nsubj 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 worth cop 10 worth worth ADJ Degree=Pos 3 wanted conj 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 lot det 12 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 10 worth obj 13 of of ADP _ 14 money case 14 money money NOUN Number=Sing 12 lot nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want past the vet the cat vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cat=Theme 2 is present old cats worth property tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Smokey was in pain every day, and the vet helped him die peacefully
nsubj cop case det nmod:unmarked punct cc det nsubj conj obj xcomp advmod root Smokey PROPN was AUX in ADP pain NOUN every DET day NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ the DET vet NOUN helped VERB him PRON die VERB peacefully ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Smokey Smokey PROPN Number=Sing 4 pain nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 pain cop 3 in in ADP _ 4 pain case 4 pain pain NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 day det 6 day day NOUN Number=Sing 4 pain nmod:unmarked 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 helped punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 11 helped cc 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 vet det 10 vet vet NOUN Number=Sing 11 helped nsubj 11 helped help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 pain conj 12 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 helped obj 13 die die VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 helped xcomp 14 peacefully peacefully ADV _ 13 die advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Smokey pain day tree rules 2 help past the vet Smokey vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme 3 die infinitive Smokey not said here peacefully property vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
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