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Test 1 · ★ · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

«my aunt's wedding, they said till death do us part, so they can't ever argue?» asks a little cousin. Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt, little cousin · What happens: say, do, not argue, ask · To what, where: us · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 25 «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church» of the religion ethics 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: «my aunt's wedding, they said till death do us part, so they can't ever argue?» asks a little cousin.

punctnmod:possnsubjcaseconjpunctnsubjadvclcaseoblccompobjobjpunctadvmodnsubjauxadvmodadvmodparataxispunctpunctdetamodobjpunctroot«PUNCTmyPRONauntNOUN'sPARTweddingNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONsaidVERBtillADPdeathNOUNdoVERBusPRONpartNOUN,PUNCTsoADVtheyPRONcaAUXn'tPARTeverADVargueVERB?PUNCT»PUNCTasksVERBaDETlittleADJcousinNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_8 saidpunct
2mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 auntnmod:poss
3auntauntNOUNNumber=Sing8 saidnsubj
4's'sPART_3 auntcase
5weddingweddingNOUNNumber=Sing3 auntconj
6,,PUNCT_3 auntpunct
7theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs8 saidnsubj
8saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 asksadvcl
9tilltillADP_10 deathcase
10deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing11 doobl
11dodoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 saidccomp
12uswePRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs11 doobj
13partpartNOUNNumber=Sing11 doobj
14,,PUNCT_20 arguepunct
15sosoADV_20 argueadvmod
16theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs20 arguensubj
17cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin20 argueaux
18n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg20 argueadvmod
19evereverADVPronType=Ind20 argueadvmod
20argueargueVERBVerbForm=Inf11 doparataxis
21??PUNCT_8 saidpunct
22»»PUNCT_8 saidpunct
23asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
24aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art26 cousindet
25littlelittleADJDegree=Pos26 cousinamod
26cousincousinNOUNNumber=Sing23 asksobj
27..PUNCT_23 askspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: ask in a quotepastmy aunt and weddingvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2do in a quotepresentustill deathtree rules
3not argue speech: disagree in a quotecanauntevervn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4ask speech: askpresenta little cousinvn 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.

Sentence 2: Best answer?

amodpunctrootBestADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BestgoodADJDegree=Sup2 answeramod
2answeranswerNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3??PUNCT_2 answerpunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, the promise only lasts a few years

discoursepunctdetnsubjadvmoddetamodobl:unmarkedrootNoINTJ,PUNCTtheDETpromiseNOUNonlyADVlastsVERBaDETfewADJyearsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg6 lastsdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 promisedet
4promisepromiseNOUNNumber=Sing6 lastsnsubj
5onlyonlyADV_6 lastsadvmod
6lastslastVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 yearsdet
8fewfewADJDegree=Pos9 yearsamod
9yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur6 lastsobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lastpresentthe promiseyearvn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The words are only old poetry, they mean nothing

detnsubjcopadvmodamodpunctnsubjparataxisobjrootTheDETwordsNOUNareAUXonlyADVoldADJpoetryNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONmeanVERBnothingPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 wordsdet
2wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur6 poetrynsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 poetrycop
4onlyonlyADV_6 poetryadvmod
5oldoldADJDegree=Pos6 poetryamod
6poetrypoetryNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7,,PUNCT_9 meanpunct
8theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs9 meannsubj
9meanmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 poetryparataxis
10nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg9 meanobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe wordsold poetrytree rules
2meanpresentwords = wordnothingvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 3

Yes, married people are never allowed to argue

discoursepunctamodnsubj:passaux:passadvmodmarkxcomprootYesINTJ,PUNCTmarriedVERBpeopleNOUNareAUXneverADVallowedVERBtoPARTargueVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos7 alloweddiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3marriedmarryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 peopleamod
4peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur7 allowednsubj:pass
5arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 allowedaux:pass
6neverneverADVPronType=Neg7 allowedadvmod
7allowedallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
8totoPART_9 arguemark
9argueargueVERBVerbForm=Inf7 allowedxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1marryparticiplevn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2not allowpresent · passivemarried peoplevn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3argue speech: disagree not said to happento-infinitivemarried people not said herevn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They promise to stay faithful in good and bad times, arguments too

nsubjmarkxcompxcompcaseamodccconjoblpunctconjadvmodrootTheyPRONpromiseVERBtoPARTstayVERBfaithfulADJinADPgoodADJandCCONJbadADJtimesNOUN,PUNCTargumentsNOUNtooADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 promisensubj
2promisepromiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 staymark
4staystayVERBVerbForm=Inf2 promisexcomp
5faithfulfaithfulADJDegree=Pos4 stayxcomp
6ininADP_10 timescase
7goodgoodADJDegree=Pos10 timesamod
8andandCCONJ_9 badcc
9badbadADJDegree=Pos7 goodconj
10timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur4 stayobl
11,,PUNCT_12 argumentspunct
12argumentsargumentNOUNNumber=Plur10 timesconj
13tootooADV_4 stayadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1promise speech: promisepresentTheyvn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2stay not said to happento-infinitiveThey not said heretimefaithful propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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