Test 3 · ★★ · Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs

What would happen if Max kept hearing worrying bits through the wall and never asked?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Max · What happens: happen, keep, hear, worry, not ask · To what, where: worrying bits, wall

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 kept	mark
5	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 kept	nsubj
6	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	hearing	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 kept	xcomp
8	worrying	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 bits	amod
9	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hearing	obj
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 wall	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wall	det
12	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hearing	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 asked	cc
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 asked	advmod
15	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happen	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	happen	would				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	past	Max			tree rules
3	hear	gerund	Max not said here	worrying bits	the wall	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus
4	worry	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	not ask speech: ask	participle				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

The options

Option 1

His parents' money problems would simply disappear by themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 parents	nmod:poss
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 money	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 parents	case
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 problems	compound
5	problems	problem	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 disappear	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 disappear	aux
7	simply	simply	ADV	_	8 disappear	advmod
8	disappear	disappear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 themselves	case
10	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 disappear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear	would	money problems					by problems = problem; simply property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

His tummy aches would go away faster all on their own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 aches	nmod:poss
2	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 aches	compound
3	aches	ache	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 go	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
7	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 go	advmod
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 faster	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 own	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 own	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go away	would	His tummy aches			aches's own		away, fast property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on own=Location
2	ache		His = he						nom ache «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He'd work out the full story by himself, bit by bit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 work	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 work	aux
3	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 work	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 story	det
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 story	amod
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 work	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 himself	case
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 work	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bit	punct
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 work	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 bit	case
13	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work out	would	He	the full story				by himself = he; bit by bit obl	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic

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

He'd probably keep imagining the worst on his own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	4 keep	advmod
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	imagining	imagine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keep	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 worst	det
7	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 imagining	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 own	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 own	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	would	He			his own		probably property	tree rules
2	imagine	gerund	He not said here	the worst					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bad=Theme

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