Test 1 · Getting old: how long people and animals live

«100!!! how is she not dead yet» blurts Charlie. What would be a kinder way to ask about her long life?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: 100, Charlie · What happens: not be, blurt, be, ask · To what, where: kinder way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 52 «Getting old: how long people and animals live» 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: «100!!! how is she not dead yet» blurts Charlie.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 100	punct
2	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 dead	nsubj
3	!!!	!!!	PUNCT	_	2 100	punct
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 dead	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dead	cop
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dead	nsubj
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 dead	advmod
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 blurts	parataxis
9	yet	yet	ADV	_	8 dead	advmod
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 dead	punct
11	blurts	blurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 blurts	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 blurts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is in a quote	present	100				yet	dead property	tree rules
2	blurt speech: other	present	Charlie						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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 be a kinder way to ask about her long life?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 way	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 way	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	kinder	kind	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 ask	mark
8	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	acl
9	about	about	ADP	_	12 life	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 life	nmod:poss
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 life	amod
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ask	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	would		a kinder way					tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive						about Charlie's long life	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about life=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

«Can I have your house when you go?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
2	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 house	nmod:poss
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 go	advmod
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 go	nsubj
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	advcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	can	I	your house					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient
2	go in a quote	present	you						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

«Are you going to die tomorrow, then, Gran?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 going	punct
2	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 going	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 going	nsubj
4	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 die	mark
6	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 going	xcomp
7	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 die	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Gran	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 Gran	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Gran	punct
11	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 going	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 going	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	present · progressive	you	Gran					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here				tomorrow		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

«What was it like when you were small?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 What	punct
2	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 small	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 small	cop
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 was	obj
5	like	like	SCONJ	_	9 small	mark
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 small	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 small	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 small	cop
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 small	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 small	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past						small property	tree rules

Option 4

«Why are you still here?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 here	punct
2	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 here	advmod
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 here	cop
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 here	nsubj
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 here	advmod
6	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 here	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 here	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	you				still	here property	tree rules

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