Test 4 · ★ · Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big ques…
In a film, a girl gets a new puppy the day after her dog dies, and everything is happy again at once. What's off?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, dog, everything · What happens: get, die, be · To what, where: new puppy, film
This is test 4 · ★ 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 film, a girl gets a new puppy the day after her dog dies, and everything is happy again at once.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 puppy | det |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 puppy | amod |
| 10 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | obj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 day | det |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 16 dies | mark |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 dog | nmod:poss |
| 15 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 dies | nsubj |
| 16 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 gets | advcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 happy | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 happy | cc |
| 19 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 21 happy | nsubj |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 happy | cop |
| 21 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 gets | parataxis |
| 22 | again | again | ADV | _ | 21 happy | advmod |
| 23 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 once | case |
| 24 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 21 happy | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | a girl | a new puppy | a film | day | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer puppy=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | die | present | girl's dog | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | is | present | everything | again | happy property | 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's off?
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 | 3 off | cop |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 What | compound:prt |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
New puppies make people forget the old pet completely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 puppies | amod |
| 2 | puppies | puppy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 make | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pet | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pet | amod |
| 8 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 forget | obj |
| 9 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 5 forget | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | New puppies | people | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | forget | infinitive | people not said here | the old pet | completely property | tree rules |
Option 2
Real people never get another pet after one dies
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 | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 pet | det |
| 6 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| 7 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 dies | mark |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 dies | nsubj |
| 9 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | present | Real people | another pet | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pet=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | die | present | one | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A new pet does not replace the old one; many people need time first
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pet | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pet | amod |
| 3 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 replace | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 replace | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 replace | advmod |
| 6 | replace | replace | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 replace | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 need | punct |
| 11 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 people | amod |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 need | nsubj |
| 13 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 replace | conj |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 need | obj |
| 15 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 need | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not replace | present · do-support | a new pet | the old one | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | need | present | many people | time | first property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 4
Nothing; a new puppy always fixes the grief completely by the next day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 fixes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 puppy | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 puppy | amod |
| 5 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fixes | nsubj |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 fixes | advmod |
| 7 | fixes | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | parataxis |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 grief | det |
| 9 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fixes | obj |
| 10 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 7 fixes | advmod |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 day | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 day | det |
| 13 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 day | amod |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fixes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present | a new puppy | the grief | day | always, completely property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent grief=Patient |
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