Test 8 · ★ · Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big ques…

Chloe hears kids gossiping that her dad is "doing time". What does that mean, and what helped her?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Chloe, kids, dad, that · What happens: hear, gossip, do, mean, help · To what, where: kids, Chloe · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Chloe hears kids gossiping that her dad is "doing time".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hears	nsubj
2	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hears	obj
4	gossiping	gossip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kids	acl
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 doing	mark
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dad	nmod:poss
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 doing	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 doing	aux
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 doing	punct
10	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 gossiping	ccomp
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 doing	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 time	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	hear	present	Chloe	kids		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus
2	gossip speech: other	gerund	kids not said here			tree rules
3	do in a quote	present · progressive	Chloe's dad		time	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 does that mean, and what helped her?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 helped	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 helped	cc
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 helped	nsubj
8	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	ccomp
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 helped	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	that						tree rules
2	help	past			Chloe				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary

The options

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

Being in prison; a teacher quietly checking on her and writing to her dad

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 teacher	csubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 prison	case
3	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Being	obl
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 teacher	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	8 checking	advmod
8	checking	check	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 teacher	acl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 checking	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 writing	cc
12	writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 checking	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 dad	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 dad	nmod:poss
15	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 writing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	gerund			prison		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in prison=Location
2	check	gerund	a teacher not said here			on teacher; quietly property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on she=Location
3	write	gerund	a teacher not said here	teacher's dad			vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to dad=Recipient

Option 2

Working late; asking her dad to come home earlier every evening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 asking	advcl
2	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Working	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Working	punct
4	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dad	nmod:poss
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asking	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 come	mark
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 asking	xcomp
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 come	advmod
10	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 come	advmod
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 evening	det
12	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 come	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	work	gerund			late property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	her dad			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient clause=Topic
3	come not said to happen	to-infinitive		evening	early, home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Being away on a trip; waiting for a postcard from him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 trip	cop
2	away	away	ADV	_	5 trip	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 trip	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trip	det
5	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 trip	punct
7	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 trip	acl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 postcard	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 postcard	det
10	postcard	postcard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waiting	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund				a trip		away property	tree rules
2	wait	gerund	a trip not said here					for a postcard; from him = he	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Being in hospital; sending her dad flowers and a card

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 hospital	cop
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 hospital	case
3	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sending	compound
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 hospital	punct
5	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 flowers	nmod:poss
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flowers	compound
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sending	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 card	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 card	det
11	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flowers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund				hospital			tree rules
2	send	gerund		her dad flowers and a card					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme

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