Test 7 · ★ · Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big ques… Noah's mate from Boston says, "it's wicked scary thinkin' about everyone dyin' at night." ("Wicked" means very.) What's the best thing for him to do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Wicked, best thing · What happens: say, be, mean, do · To what, where: wicked scary thinkin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Noah's mate from Boston says, "it's wicked scary thinkin' about everyone dyin' at night."
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct nsubj cop amod amod ccomp punct case compound nmod punct case nmod punct punct root Noah PROPN 's PART mate NOUN from ADP Boston PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT it PRON 's AUX wicked ADJ scary ADJ thinkin NOUN ' PUNCT about ADP everyone PRON dyin NOUN ' PUNCT at ADP night NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Noah Noah PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Noah case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 4 from from ADP _ 5 Boston case 5 Boston Boston PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 6 says punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 13 thinkin punct 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 thinkin nsubj 10 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 thinkin cop 11 wicked wicked ADJ Degree=Pos 13 thinkin amod 12 scary scary ADJ Degree=Pos 13 thinkin amod 13 thinkin thinkin NOUN Number=Sing 6 says ccomp 14 ' ' PUNCT _ 13 thinkin punct 15 about about ADP _ 17 dyin case 16 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 17 dyin compound 17 dyin dyin NOUN Number=Sing 13 thinkin nmod 18 ' ' PUNCT _ 17 dyin punct 19 at at ADP _ 20 night case 20 night night NOUN Number=Sing 17 dyin nmod 21 . . PUNCT _ 13 thinkin punct 22 " " PUNCT _ 13 thinkin punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Noah's mate from Boston vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present mate wicked scary thinkin about everyone dyin at night 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: ("Wicked" means very.)
punct punct nsubj punct advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Wicked ADJ " PUNCT means VERB very ADV . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wicked punct 3 Wicked wicked ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wicked punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 very very ADV _ 5 means advmod 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 Wicked vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the best thing for him to do?
cop det amod nsubj mark nsubj mark acl punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET best ADJ thing NOUN for SCONJ him PRON to PART do VERB ? PUNCT 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 5 thing det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 5 thing amod 5 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 for for SCONJ _ 9 do mark 7 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 do nsubj 8 to to PART _ 9 do mark 9 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 thing acl 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the best thing tree rules 2 do to-infinitive Wicked vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 Stay up later and later every night until the thought disappears by itself
compound:prt advmod cc conj det obl:unmarked mark det nsubj advcl case obl root Stay VERB up ADP later ADV and CCONJ later ADV every DET night NOUN until SCONJ the DET thought NOUN disappears VERB by ADP itself PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stay stay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 up up ADP _ 1 Stay compound:prt 3 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 1 Stay advmod 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 later cc 5 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 3 later conj 6 every every DET PronType=Tot 7 night det 7 night night NOUN Number=Sing 1 Stay obl:unmarked 8 until until SCONJ _ 11 disappears mark 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 thought det 10 thought thought NOUN Number=Sing 11 disappears nsubj 11 disappears disappear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Stay advcl 12 by by ADP _ 13 itself case 13 itself itself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 11 disappears obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay up imperative you not said here night late property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 disappear present the thought by thought vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Tell a trusted adult the scary thought instead of keeping it alone
det amod obj det amod obj mark fixed advcl obj advmod root Tell VERB a DET trusted VERB adult NOUN the DET scary ADJ thought NOUN instead ADV of ADP keeping VERB it PRON alone ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 adult det 3 trusted trust VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 adult amod 4 adult adult NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 thought det 6 scary scary ADJ Degree=Pos 7 thought amod 7 thought thought NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 8 instead instead ADV ExtPos=SCONJ 10 keeping mark 9 of of ADP _ 8 instead fixed 10 keeping keep VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Tell advcl 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 keeping obj 12 alone alone ADV _ 10 keeping advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here the scary thought a trusted adult vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient thought=Topic 2 trust participle vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 keep gerund you not said here thought alone property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Option 3 Never tell anyone at all, because the thought means something is wrong
advmod obj case obl punct mark det nsubj parataxis nsubj cop ccomp root Never ADV tell VERB anyone PRON at ADP all DET , PUNCT because SCONJ the DET thought NOUN means VERB something PRON is AUX wrong ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Never never ADV PronType=Neg 2 tell advmod 2 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 tell obj 4 at at ADP _ 5 all case 5 all all DET PronType=Tot 2 tell obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 means punct 7 because because SCONJ _ 10 means mark 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 thought det 9 thought thought NOUN Number=Sing 10 means nsubj 10 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 tell parataxis 11 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 13 wrong nsubj 12 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 wrong cop 13 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 10 means ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not tell speech: assert imperative you not said here anyone all vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient 2 mean present the thought vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 3 is present something wrong property tree rules
Option 4 Watch scary videos about death so that he gets used to it a lot faster
The tree, 15 words amod obj case nmod mark fixed nsubj advcl xcomp case obl det obl:unmarked advmod root Watch VERB scary ADJ videos NOUN about ADP death NOUN so SCONJ that SCONJ he PRON gets VERB used VERB to ADP it PRON a DET lot NOUN faster ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Watch watch VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 scary scary ADJ Degree=Pos 3 videos amod 3 videos video NOUN Number=Plur 1 Watch obj 4 about about ADP _ 5 death case 5 death death NOUN Number=Sing 3 videos nmod 6 so so SCONJ ExtPos=SCONJ 9 gets mark 7 that that SCONJ _ 6 so fixed 8 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 gets nsubj 9 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Watch advcl 10 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 gets xcomp 11 to to ADP _ 12 it case 12 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 used obl 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 lot det 14 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 9 gets obl:unmarked 15 faster fast ADV Degree=Cmp 9 gets advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 watch imperative you not said here scary videos about death vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent video=Theme 2 get present he a lot fast property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 3 use participle a lot not said here death vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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