Test 1 · ★ · Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big ques…

Your nan from Yorkshire says, "Don't be mardy, our Lily, it's only bricks and mortar." ("Mardy" means sulky.) What is the kindest true answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, Mardy, kindest true answer · What happens: say, do, not be, be, mean · To what, where: bricks · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2 «Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big questions» 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: Your nan from Yorkshire says, "Don't be mardy, our Lily, it's only bricks and mortar."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nan	nmod:poss
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Yorkshire	case
4	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 nan	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Do	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Do	punct
8	Do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 mardy	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 mardy	cop
11	mardy	mardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Do	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Lily	punct
13	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 Lily	nmod:poss
14	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Do	vocative
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 bricks	punct
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 bricks	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 bricks	cop
18	only	only	ADV	_	19 bricks	advmod
19	bricks	brick	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 Do	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 mortar	cc
21	mortar	mortar	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bricks	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Do	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your nan from Yorkshire			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do in a quote	infinitive			our Lily vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is in a quote	infinitive			mardy property	tree rules
4	is a in a quote	present	nan	bricks and mortar		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: ("Mardy" means sulky.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Mardy	punct
3	Mardy	Mardy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Mardy	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sulky	sulky	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	Mardy					sulky property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What is the kindest true answer?

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	6 answer	det
4	kindest	kind	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 answer	amod
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the kindest true answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Lily should stay away from the street forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stay	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stay	aux
3	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 stay	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 street	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 street	det
7	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stay	obl
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	3 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay away	should	Lily			the street		away, forever property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nan is right, houses are only bricks and can never matter to anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	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	_	8 bricks	punct
5	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bricks	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bricks	cop
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 bricks	advmod
8	bricks	brick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 matter	cc
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 matter	aux
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 matter	advmod
12	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 anyone	case
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 matter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nan		right property	tree rules
2	is a	present	houses	bricks		tree rules
3	not matter	can	Nan not said here		to anyone	vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to anyone=Experiencer

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

It's a building, but it holds memories, so missing it is real

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 building	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 building	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 building	det
4	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 real	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 holds	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 holds	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 holds	nsubj
8	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 building	acl:relcl
9	memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 holds	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 missing	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 missing	advmod
12	missing	miss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 holds	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 missing	obj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 real	cop
15	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a building		tree rules
2	hold	present	building	memories		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Theme
3	miss	gerund	building not said here	building		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
4	is	present	a building		real property	tree rules

Option 4

Lily should ask the new owners to give the house back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ask	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 ask	aux
3	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 owners	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 owners	amod
6	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ask	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 give	mark
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ask	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	8 give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	should	Lily	the new owners					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent owner=Recipient clause=Topic
2	give back not said to happen	to-infinitive	the new owners not said here	the house					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme

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