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Test 9 · ★ · Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big ques…

Kai's coach says, "If a ten-year-old can die in a crash, then kids are never safe." What's wrong with it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: coach, kids · What happens: say, die, not be, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Kai's coach says, "If a ten-year-old can die in a crash, then kids are never safe."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 coach	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Kai	case
3	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 die	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 die	punct
7	If	if	SCONJ	_	13 old	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 old	det
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 year	nummod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 ten	punct
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 old	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 year	punct
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 die	advcl
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 die	aux
15	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 crash	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 crash	det
18	crash	crash	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 die	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 safe	punct
20	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	24 safe	advmod
21	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 safe	nsubj
22	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 safe	cop
23	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	24 safe	advmod
24	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 safe	punct
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 safe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Kai's coach						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die in a quote	can						in a crash	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in crash=Attribute
3	not is in a quote	present	kids				then	safe 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 wrong with it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Car crashes only ever happen to children, never adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crashes	nsubj
2	crashes	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 happen	advmod
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 happen	advmod
5	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 crashes	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 children	case
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 happen	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 adults	punct
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 adults	advmod
10	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crashes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crash	present	Car						vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	happen	infinitive	Car not said here				ever	to children	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The coach is right, so kids should stop playing sport

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stop	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 stop	advmod
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 stop	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 stop	aux
9	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 right	conj
10	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 stop	xcomp
11	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 playing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the coach					right property	tree rules
2	stop	should	kids						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	play	gerund	kids not said here	sport					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

One terrible event feels huge, but most children grow up safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 event	nummod
2	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 event	amod
3	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feels	nsubj
4	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feels	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 grow	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 grow	cc
8	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 children	amod
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 grow	nsubj
10	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feels	conj
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 grow	compound:prt
12	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 grow	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	One terrible event					huge property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	grow up	present	most children					safe property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Nothing, children are never safe anywhere, at any time, in any place

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 safe	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 children	punct
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nothing	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 safe	advmod
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 safe	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 time	punct
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 time	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 safe	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 place	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 place	case
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 place	det
15	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 safe	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Nothing					anywhere, safe property	tree rules

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