Test 6 · ★ · Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big ques…

Aaron's cousin, a bit sarcastic: "yeah, birthday's ruined forever, that's how it works innit." Which is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, cousin · What happens: ruin, be, work · To what, where: birthday, innit

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Aaron's cousin, a bit sarcastic: "yeah, birthday's ruined forever, that's how it works innit."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aaron	Aaron	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Aaron	case
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 works	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	appos
7	sarcastic	sarcastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bit	amod
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 ruined	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 ruined	punct
10	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	14 ruined	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ruined	punct
12	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ruined	nsubj:pass
13	's	's	PART	_	12 birthday	case
14	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 works	advcl
15	forever	forever	ADV	_	14 ruined	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 how	punct
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 how	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 how	cop
19	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	21 works	advmod
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 works	nsubj
21	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 works	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 works	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 works	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ruin in a quote	participle · passive		birthday	forever property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	is in a quote	present	that		how property	tree rules
3	work in a quote	present	Aaron's cousin	innit		vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent innit=Material

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: Which is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

The options

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

A sad day and a happy day can share a date, and you can hold both

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 day	det
2	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 day	amod
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 share	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 day	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 day	det
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 day	conj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 share	aux
9	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 date	det
11	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 share	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hold	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hold	cc
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 hold	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 hold	aux
16	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 share	conj
17	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	16 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	can	a sad day and a happy day	a date					tree rules
2	hold	can	you	both					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Theme

Option 2

Once someone dies on your birthday you can never enjoy that day again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	SCONJ	_	3 dies	mark
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 dies	nsubj
3	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 enjoy	advcl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 birthday	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 birthday	nmod:poss
6	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dies	obl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 enjoy	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 enjoy	aux
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 enjoy	advmod
10	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 enjoy	obj
13	again	again	ADV	_	10 enjoy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	someone			your birthday			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	not enjoy	can	you				again; day		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Feeling happy on that date would show you never loved her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 show	csubj
2	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Feeling	xcomp
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 date	case
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 date	det
5	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feeling	obl
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 show	aux
7	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 show	iobj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 loved	advmod
10	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 show	advcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 loved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	feel	gerund				that date	happy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	show	would	Feeling		you			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
3	not love	past	Feeling not said here	her = she				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 4

Birthdays must be moved by law if someone dies that day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birthdays	birthday	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 moved	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 moved	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 moved	aux:pass
4	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 law	case
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moved	obl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 dies	mark
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 dies	nsubj
9	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moved	advcl
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dies	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	must · passive	law	Birthdays					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	die a condition, not said to happen	present	someone				day		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/2-grief-has-no-timetable-houses-anniversaries-and-big-questions/t6/