Test 1 · Living with loss: keeping memories, and loss that isn't de…

Ryan's mum says, "It's what Grandad would want, love, you going down the river." What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, It, Grandad, you · What happens: say, be, want, go down, mean · To what, where: love, river · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 3 «Living with loss: keeping memories, and loss that isn't death» 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: Ryan's mum says, "It's what Grandad would want, love, you going down the river."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ryan	Ryan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ryan	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	_	12 want	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 what	punct
7	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 what	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 what	cop
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 want	obj
10	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 want	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 want	aux
12	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 love	punct
14	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 want	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 going	punct
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 going	nsubj
17	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 says	ccomp
18	down	down	ADP	_	20 river	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 river	det
20	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 going	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 going	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ryan's mum		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	It		tree rules
3	want in a quote	would	Grandad	love	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot love=Theme
4	go down in a quote	gerund	you	the river	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient river=Extent

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 she mean?

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	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	mum						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Ryan will be punished by the family if he ever stops going fishing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ryan	Ryan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 punished	nsubj:pass
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 punished	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 punished	aux:pass
4	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 family	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 family	det
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punished	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 stops	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stops	nsubj
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 stops	advmod
11	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 punished	advcl
12	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 stops	xcomp
13	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 going	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	punish	future · passive	the family	Ryan		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	stop a condition, not said to happen	present	Ryan		ever	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	go	gerund	Ryan not said here	fishing		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fishing=Theme

Option 2

Grandad left a rule in his will that Ryan must go fishing every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 left	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rule	det
4	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 left	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 will	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 will	nmod:poss
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 left	advcl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 go	mark
9	Ryan	Ryan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 go	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 go	aux
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 left	advcl
12	fishing	fish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 go	xcomp
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fishing	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	leave	past	Grandad	a rule		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
2	go	must	Ryan			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	fish	gerund	Ryan not said here		day	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Grandad will somehow come back to the river if Ryan keeps on fishing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 come	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
3	somehow	somehow	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	obl
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 keeps	mark
10	Ryan	Ryan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 keeps	nsubj
11	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 come	advcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 fishing	case
13	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	future	Grandad			the river		somehow property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial_Location
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	present	Ryan			fishing			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on fishing=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Keeping their fishing tradition can be a way to remember him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 way	csubj
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tradition	nmod:poss
3	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tradition	compound
4	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keeping	obj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 way	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 way	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 remember	mark
10	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 way	acl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 remember	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	gerund		their fishing tradition	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tradition=Theme
2	is a	can	Keeping	a way	tree rules
3	remember	to-infinitive		him = he	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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