Test 11 · ★ · Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big ques…

In a video game, losing a character makes the player sad for five seconds, then he respawns. How is real loss different?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: losing, he, real loss · What happens: lose, make, respawn, be · To what, where: character, player, video game

This is test 11 · ★ 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: In a video game, losing a character makes the player sad for five seconds, then he respawns.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 game	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 game	det
3	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 game	compound
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 losing	punct
6	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 makes	csubj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 character	det
8	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 losing	obj
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 player	det
11	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	obj
12	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 makes	xcomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 seconds	case
14	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 seconds	nummod
15	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sad	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 respawns	punct
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 respawns	advmod
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 respawns	nsubj
19	respawns	respawn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 makes	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund		a character				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent character=Eventuality
2	make	present	losing	the player	a video game		sad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset player=Product
3	respawn	present	he			then		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: How is real loss different?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 different	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 different	cop
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 loss	amod
4	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 different	nsubj
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 different	punct

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

The options

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

People who die do not come back, and grief can last a long time

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 come	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 die	nsubj
3	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 People	acl:relcl
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 come	advmod
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 come	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 last	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 last	cc
10	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 last	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 last	aux
12	last	last	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 come	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 time	det
14	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 time	amod
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 last	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	die	present	People		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	not come back	present · do-support	People		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	last	can	grief	time	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Real people respawn too after a short while

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 respawn	nsubj
3	respawn	respawn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	3 respawn	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 while	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 while	det
7	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 while	amod
8	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 respawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respawn	present	Real people				while		tree rules

Option 3

Real loss is always over in five seconds as well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 loss	amod
2	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 over	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 over	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 over	advmod
5	over	over	ADV	_	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 seconds	case
7	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 seconds	nummod
8	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 over	obl
9	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	5 over	advmod
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 as	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Real loss				second	always, over property	tree rules

Option 4

Real loss never makes anyone sad at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 loss	amod
2	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 makes	advmod
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 makes	obj
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 sad	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not make	present	Real loss	anyone				sad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset anyone=Product

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