Test 6 · Living with loss: keeping memories, and loss that isn't de… Liam's teacher in Newcastle says, "Howay, pet, it's been a year, you should be canny now." ("Howay" means come on; "canny" here means fine.) What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, Howay, canny, truth · What happens: say, be, mean, come on · To what, where: year · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: Liam's teacher in Newcastle says, "Howay, pet, it's been a year, you should be canny now."
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct nsubj punct appos punct nsubj cop cop det appos punct nsubj aux cop ccomp advmod punct punct root Liam PROPN 's PART teacher NOUN in ADP Newcastle PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Howay PROPN , PUNCT pet NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX been AUX a DET year NOUN , PUNCT you PRON should AUX be AUX canny ADJ now ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Liam Liam PROPN Number=Sing 3 teacher nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Liam case 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 4 in in ADP _ 5 Newcastle case 5 Newcastle Newcastle PROPN Number=Sing 3 teacher nmod 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 Howay punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 Howay punct 9 Howay Howay PROPN Number=Sing 22 canny nsubj 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 pet punct 11 pet pet NOUN Number=Sing 9 Howay appos 12 , , PUNCT _ 17 year punct 13 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 year nsubj 14 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 year cop 15 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 17 year cop 16 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 year det 17 year year NOUN Number=Sing 9 Howay appos 18 , , PUNCT _ 17 year punct 19 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 22 canny nsubj 20 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 22 canny aux 21 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 22 canny cop 22 canny canny ADJ Degree=Pos 6 says ccomp 23 now now ADV PronType=Dem 22 canny advmod 24 . . PUNCT _ 6 says punct 25 " " PUNCT _ 6 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Liam's teacher in Newcastle vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present teacher a year tree rules 3 is in a quote should Howay now canny 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: ("Howay" means come on; "canny" here means fine.)
punct punct nsubj punct ccomp advmod punct punct nsubj punct advmod parataxis xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Howay PROPN " PUNCT means VERB come VERB on ADV ; PUNCT " PUNCT canny ADJ " PUNCT here ADV means VERB fine ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 Howay punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Howay punct 3 Howay Howay PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Howay punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 means ccomp 7 on on ADV _ 6 come advmod 8 ; ; PUNCT _ 13 means punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 10 canny punct 10 canny canny ADJ Degree=Pos 13 means nsubj 11 " " PUNCT _ 10 canny punct 12 here here ADV PronType=Dem 10 canny advmod 13 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 means parataxis 14 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 13 means xcomp 15 . . PUNCT _ 13 means punct 16 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Howay vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 come on infinitive vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 mean present canny fine property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 The teacher is right; grief must end after exactly one year
det nsubj cop punct nsubj aux parataxis case advmod nummod obl root The DET teacher NOUN is AUX right ADJ ; PUNCT grief NOUN must AUX end VERB after ADP exactly ADV one NUM year NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 teacher det 2 teacher teacher 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 end punct 6 grief grief NOUN Number=Sing 8 end nsubj 7 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 end aux 8 end end VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 right parataxis 9 after after ADP _ 12 year case 10 exactly exactly ADV _ 11 one advmod 11 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 12 year nummod 12 year year NOUN Number=Sing 8 end obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the teacher right property tree rules 2 end must grief year vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Option 2 Liam is going backwards and needs to start again
nsubj aux advmod cc conj mark xcomp advmod root Liam PROPN is AUX going VERB backwards ADV and CCONJ needs VERB to PART start VERB again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Liam Liam PROPN Number=Sing 3 going nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 going aux 3 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 backwards backwards ADV _ 3 going advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 needs cc 6 needs need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 going conj 7 to to PART _ 8 start mark 8 start start VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 needs xcomp 9 again again ADV _ 8 start advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present · progressive Liam backwards property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 need present Liam not said here vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 3 start not said to happen to-infinitive Liam not said here again vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Grief doesn't follow a timetable; feelings often return near anniversaries
nsubj aux advmod det obj punct nsubj advmod conj case obl root Grief NOUN does AUX n't PART follow VERB a DET timetable NOUN ; PUNCT feelings NOUN often ADV return VERB near ADP anniversaries NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grief grief NOUN Number=Sing 4 follow nsubj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 follow aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 follow advmod 4 follow follow VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 timetable det 6 timetable timetable NOUN Number=Sing 4 follow obj 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 10 return punct 8 feelings feeling NOUN Number=Plur 10 return nsubj 9 often often ADV _ 10 return advmod 10 return return VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 follow conj 11 near near ADP _ 12 anniversaries case 12 anniversaries anniversary NOUN Number=Plur 10 return obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not follow present · do-support Grief a timetable vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent timetable=Theme 2 return present feelings anniversaries often property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Feelings only come back if a person wants them to
nsubj advmod advmod mark det nsubj advcl obj xcomp root Feelings NOUN only ADV come VERB back ADV if SCONJ a DET person NOUN wants VERB them PRON to PART The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Feelings feeling NOUN Number=Plur 3 come nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 come advmod 3 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 back back ADV _ 3 come advmod 5 if if SCONJ _ 8 wants mark 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 person det 7 person person NOUN Number=Sing 8 wants nsubj 8 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 come advcl 9 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 wants obj 10 to to PART _ 8 wants xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come back present Feelings vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 want a condition, not said to happen present a person Feelings = feeling vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme
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