Test 4 · Living with loss: keeping memories, and loss that isn't de…

In a cartoon, a girl's best friend moves away and the girl swears never to have another friend. Is this a good idea?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: best friend, girl, this · What happens: move away, swear, not have, be · To what, where: cartoon, friend, good idea

This is test 4 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: In a cartoon, a girl's best friend moves away and the girl swears never to have another friend.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 moves	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 girl	det
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 friend	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 girl	case
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 friend	amod
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 moves	nsubj
10	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 moves	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 swears	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 girl	det
14	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 swears	nsubj
15	swears	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 moves	conj
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 have	advmod
17	to	to	PART	_	18 have	mark
18	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 swears	ccomp
19	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	20 friend	det
20	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 have	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 moves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	move away	present	a girl's best friend		a cartoon	away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory
2	swear	present	the girl				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not have	to-infinitive	the girl not said here	another friend			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient

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: Is this a good idea?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 idea	cop
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 idea	nsubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 idea	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 idea	amod
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this	a good idea					tree rules

The options

Option 1

No, because she should forget the old friend at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 forget	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 forget	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 forget	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 forget	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 forget	aux
6	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 friend	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 friend	amod
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forget	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 forget	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	should	she	the old friend					tree rules

Option 2

Yes; having a new friend would be a kind of cheating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 kind	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 kind	csubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 friend	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 friend	amod
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 having	obj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 kind	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 kind	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 kind	det
10	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 cheating	case
12	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		a new friend					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
2	is a	would	having	a kind				of cheating	tree rules

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

No; making a new friend doesn't betray the old one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 making	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 betray	csubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 friend	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 friend	amod
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 making	obj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 betray	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 betray	advmod
9	betray	betray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 one	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	amod
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 betray	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		a new friend					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product
2	not betray	present · do-support	making	the old one					tree rules

Option 4

Yes; friends who move away always come back soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 friends	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 come	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 move	nsubj
5	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 friends	acl:relcl
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 move	advmod
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 come	advmod
8	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 come	advmod
10	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move away	present	friends					away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	come back	infinitive	friends					always, soon property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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