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Test 10 · ★★ · Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mea…

Archie's mum says, "Big boys cry too, love, your grandad grew up with different rules." What is she telling him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, Big boys, grandad · What happens: say, cry, grow up, tell · To what, where: grandad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mean face» 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: Archie's mum says, "Big boys cry too, love, your grandad grew up with different rules."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Archie	Archie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Archie	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cry	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 cry	punct
7	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boys	amod
8	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cry	nsubj
9	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
10	too	too	ADV	_	9 cry	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 love	punct
12	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cry	vocative
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 grew	punct
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 grandad	nmod:poss
15	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 grew	nsubj
16	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cry	conj
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 grew	compound:prt
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 rules	case
19	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 rules	amod
20	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 grew	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 cry	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Archie's mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cry speech: express in a quote	present	Big boys					love vocative	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	grow up in a quote	past	your grandad					with different rules	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 is she telling him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 telling	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 telling	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 telling	nsubj
4	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 telling	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 telling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · progressive	mum		grandad				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Only adults are allowed to cry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 adults	advmod
2	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cry	mark
6	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		adults					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	cry speech: express not said to happen	to-infinitive	adults not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Crying is not weak, whatever the old saying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 weak	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 weak	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 weak	advmod
4	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 whatever	punct
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 weak	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 saying	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 saying	amod
9	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whatever	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present						weak property	tree rules

Option 3

Archie should never ever cry anywhere near his grandad again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Archie	Archie	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 cry	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cry	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 cry	advmod
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 cry	advmod
5	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 cry	advmod
7	near	near	ADP	_	9 grandad	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 grandad	nmod:poss
9	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cry	obl
10	again	again	ADV	_	5 cry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cry speech: express	should	Archie				ever; again	near Archie's grandad; anywhere property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near grandad=Location

Option 4

Grandad was right and Archie is weak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 right	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 weak	cc
5	Archie	Archie	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 weak	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 weak	cop
7	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Grandad					right property	tree rules
2	is	present	Archie					weak property	tree rules

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