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Test 2 · ★★★ · Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back

Noah thinks, "I'll keep it inside so Mum won't worry." What would probably happen if he kept bottling it up?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah, Mum · What happens: think, keep, not worry, happen, bottle up · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back» 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: Noah thinks, "I'll keep it inside so Mum won't worry."

nsubjpunctpunctnsubjauxccompobjadvmodmarknsubjauxadvmodadvclpunctpunctrootNoahPROPNthinksVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTIPRON'llAUXkeepVERBitPRONinsideADVsoSCONJMumNOUNwoAUXn'tPARTworryVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NoahNoahPROPNNumber=Sing2 thinksnsubj
2thinksthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_7 keeppunct
4""PUNCT_7 keeppunct
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 keepnsubj
6'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin7 keepaux
7keepkeepVERBVerbForm=Inf2 thinksccomp
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 keepobj
9insideinsideADV_7 keepadvmod
10sosoSCONJ_14 worrymark
11MummumNOUNNumber=Sing14 worrynsubj
12wowillAUXVerbForm=Fin14 worryaux
13n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg14 worryadvmod
14worryworryVERBVerbForm=Inf7 keepadvcl
15..PUNCT_2 thinkspunct
16""PUNCT_2 thinkspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpresentNoahvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2keep in a quotefutureNoahitinside propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3not worry in a quotefutureMumvn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 would probably happen if he kept bottling it up?

nsubjauxadvmodmarknsubjadvclxcompobjcompound:prtpunctrootWhatPRONwouldAUXprobablyADVhappenVERBifSCONJhePRONkeptVERBbottlingVERBitPRONupADP?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 happennsubj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 happenaux
3probablyprobablyADV_4 happenadvmod
4happenhappenVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5ififSCONJ_7 keptmark
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 keptnsubj
7keptkeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 happenadvcl
8bottlingbottleVERBVerbForm=Ger7 keptxcomp
9ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 bottlingobj
10upupADP_8 bottlingcompound:prt
11??PUNCT_4 happenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenwouldprobably propertyvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2keep a condition, not said to happenpastNoahtree rules
3bottle upgerundNoah not said hereitvn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

The options

Option 1

The problem would solve itself quickly

detnsubjauxobjadvmodrootTheDETproblemNOUNwouldAUXsolveVERBitselfPRONquicklyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 problemdet
2problemproblemNOUNNumber=Sing4 solvensubj
3wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 solveaux
4solvesolveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5itselfitselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes4 solveobj
6quicklyquicklyADV_4 solveadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1solvewouldthe problemproblemquickly propertyvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The problem would feel heavier and he'd stay alone with it

detnsubjauxxcompccnsubjauxconjadvmodcaseoblrootTheDETproblemNOUNwouldAUXfeelVERBheavierADJandCCONJhePRON'dAUXstayVERBaloneADVwithADPitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 problemdet
2problemproblemNOUNNumber=Sing4 feelnsubj
3wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 feelaux
4feelfeelVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5heavierheavyADJDegree=Cmp4 feelxcomp
6andandCCONJ_9 staycc
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 staynsubj
8'dwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin9 stayaux
9staystayVERBVerbForm=Inf4 feelconj
10alonealoneADV_9 stayadvmod
11withwithADP_12 itcase
12ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 stayobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feelwouldthe problemheavy propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2staywouldproblemwith it; alone propertyvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with it=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He'd feel lighter every single week

nsubjauxxcompdetamodobl:unmarkedrootHePRON'dAUXfeelVERBlighterADJeveryDETsingleADJweekNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 feelnsubj
2'dwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 feelaux
3feelfeelVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4lighterlightADJDegree=Cmp3 feelxcomp
5everyeveryDETPronType=Tot7 weekdet
6singlesingleADJDegree=Pos7 weekamod
7weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing3 feelobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feelwouldHeweeklight propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

His mum would never have to worry about anything ever again

nmod:possnsubjauxadvmodmarkxcompcaseobladvmodadvmodrootHisPRONmumNOUNwouldAUXneverADVhaveVERBtoPARTworryVERBaboutADPanythingPRONeverADVagainADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 mumnmod:poss
2mummumNOUNNumber=Sing5 havensubj
3wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 haveaux
4neverneverADVPronType=Neg5 haveadvmod
5havehaveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6totoPART_7 worrymark
7worryworryVERBVerbForm=Inf5 havexcomp
8aboutaboutADP_9 anythingcase
9anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind7 worryobl
10evereverADVPronType=Ind11 againadvmod
11againagainADV_7 worryadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not havewouldHis mumtree rules
2worryto-infinitiveHis mum not said hereagainabout anythingvn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about anything=Stimulus

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