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Test 10 · ★ · Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big ques…

Ella's mum goes, "fixin' to write a thank-you letter to someone who's passed? That's weird, hon." ("Fixin' to" means about to.) What's the reason it isn't weird?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, That, Fixin, reason · What happens: go, write, pass, be, mean, not be · To what, where: fixin, thank letter, someone, reason

This is test 10 · ★ 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: Ella's mum goes, "fixin' to write a thank-you letter to someone who's passed?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ella	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 goes	nsubj
4	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fixin	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 fixin	punct
7	fixin	fixin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 goes	obj
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 fixin	punct
9	to	to	PART	_	10 write	mark
10	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 goes	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 letter	det
12	thank	thank	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 letter	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 you	punct
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 thank	flat
15	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 write	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 someone	case
17	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 write	obl
18	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 passed	nsubj:pass
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 passed	aux:pass
20	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 someone	acl:relcl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Ella's mum	fixin					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fixin=Theme
2	write in a quote	to-infinitive	Ella's mum not said here	a thank letter	someone				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Topic to someone=Recipient
3	pass in a quote	present · passive							vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory

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: That's weird, hon."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 weird	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 weird	cop
3	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hon	punct
5	hon	hon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 weird	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 weird	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 weird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					weird property	tree rules

Sentence 3: ("Fixin' to" means about to.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Fixin	punct
3	Fixin	Fixin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 Fixin	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	3 Fixin	flat
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Fixin	punct
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	about	about	ADV	_	7 means	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	8 about	fixed
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Fixin					about property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 4: What's the reason it isn't weird?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 weird	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 weird	cop
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 weird	advmod
8	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	acl:relcl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the reason						tree rules
2	not is	present	reason	the reason not said here				weird property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Writing an unsendable letter can still help your feelings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 help	csubj
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 letter	det
3	unsendable	unsendable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 letter	amod
4	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Writing	obj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 help	aux
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 help	advmod
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 feelings	nmod:poss
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	gerund		a unsendable letter					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
2	help	can	Writing	your feelings			still		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Beneficiary

Option 2

It is the law to write to every teacher who dies

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 law	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 law	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 law	det
4	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 write	mark
6	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 law	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 teacher	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 teacher	det
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 write	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 dies	nsubj
11	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 teacher	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the law					tree rules
2	write	to-infinitive			every teacher				vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to teacher=Recipient
3	die	present	every teacher						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

Writing letters to someone makes forgetting them completely impossible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 letters	compound
2	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	to	to	SCONJ	_	5 makes	mark
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 makes	nsubj
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 letters	acl:relcl
6	forgetting	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 makes	xcomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 forgetting	obj
8	completely	completely	ADV	_	9 impossible	advmod
9	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	someone					impossible property	tree rules
2	forget	gerund	someone not said here	letters = letter					tree rules

Option 4

The letter will be delivered to the teacher anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 letter	det
2	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 delivered	nsubj:pass
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 delivered	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 delivered	aux:pass
5	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 teacher	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 delivered	obl
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 delivered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	future · passive		the letter	the teacher			anyway property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to teacher=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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