Test 8 · Living with loss: keeping memories, and loss that isn't de…
Zara texts at midnight: "she's 8 hours ahead now, it's like she's dead." What could help?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, Zara texts · What happens: be, help · To what, where: 8 hours
This is test 8 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: Zara texts at midnight: "she's 8 hours ahead now, it's like she's dead."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 texts | compound |
| 2 | texts | text | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 dead | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 midnight | case |
| 4 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 texts | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 texts | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 hours | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hours | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 hours | cop |
| 9 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 hours | nummod |
| 10 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 texts | conj |
| 11 | ahead | ahead | ADV | _ | 10 hours | advmod |
| 12 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 ahead | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 texts | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 dead | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 dead | cop |
| 16 | like | like | ADP | _ | 19 dead | case |
| 17 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 dead | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 dead | cop |
| 19 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 dead | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 dead | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | she | 8 hours | ahead property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Zara texts at midnight and 8 hours | dead 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: What could help?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | could | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Deleting her friend's number so it hurts less
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deleting | delete | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 hurts | csubj |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 number | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 friend | case |
| 5 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Deleting | obj |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Deleting | obl |
| 8 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 hurts | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | delete | gerund | her friend's number | so number | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hurt | present | Deleting | less property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Never talking to anyone about the move ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 talking | advmod |
| 2 | talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 anyone | case |
| 4 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 talking | obl |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 move | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 move | det |
| 7 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 anyone | nmod |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 2 talking | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not talk | gerund | ever | to anyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent |
Option 3
Staying awake all night every night until the two time zones match up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Staying | xcomp |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 night | det |
| 4 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Staying | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 night | det |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Staying | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 12 match | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 zones | det |
| 9 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 zones | nummod |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 zones | compound |
| 11 | zones | zone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 match | nsubj |
| 12 | match | match | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Staying | advcl |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 match | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | gerund | night | awake property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | match up | present | the two time zones | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Calls at planned times, letters and a shared online game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calls | call | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 times | case |
| 3 | planned | plan | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 times | amod |
| 4 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Calls | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 letters | punct |
| 6 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Calls | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 game | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 game | det |
| 9 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 game | amod |
| 10 | online | online | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 game | amod |
| 11 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Calls | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | participle | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | share | participle | tree rules |
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