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Test 9 · ★ · Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away

Archie's uncle says, "It's been months, lad, get over it." What does Archie need to hear instead?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, It, Archie · What happens: say, be, get, need, hear · To what, where: months, lad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 29 «Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away» 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 uncle says, "It's been months, lad, get over it."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Archie	Archie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 uncle	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Archie	case
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 months	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 months	punct
7	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 months	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 months	cop
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 months	cop
10	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lad	punct
12	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 months	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 get	punct
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
15	over	over	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 get	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 get	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Archie's uncle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	It	months and lad					tree rules
3	get in a quote	infinitive				lad			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over it=Destination

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 Archie need to hear instead?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 need	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 need	aux
3	Archie	Archie	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hear	mark
6	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 need	xcomp
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	6 hear	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · do-support	Archie						tree rules
2	hear not said to happen	to-infinitive	Archie not said here					instead property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

The options

Option 1

He's weak for not getting over it faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 weak	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 weak	cop
3	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 getting	mark
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 getting	advmod
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 weak	advcl
7	over	over	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 getting	obl
9	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 getting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					weak property	tree rules
2	not get	gerund	He not said here			it		fast property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over it=Destination

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

There's no time limit, and a counsellor can help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 's	expl
2	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 limit	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 limit	compound
5	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 help	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 help	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 counsellor	det
9	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 help	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 help	aux
11	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 's	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no time limit			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	help	can	a counsellor						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

His uncle is right; he should be well over it after all these months

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	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	_	8 be	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 be	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 be	aux
8	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 right	conj
9	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 be	advmod
10	over	over	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 be	obl
12	after	after	ADP	_	15 months	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 months	det:predet
14	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	15 months	det
15	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 be	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	His uncle					right property	tree rules
2	be	should	he			it	month	well property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over it=Location

Option 4

He should stop thinking and it'll go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stop	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 go	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 go	nsubj
7	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 go	aux
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stop	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	should	He						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	think speech: other	gerund	He not said here						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	go	future	it						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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