Test 2 · Getting old: how long people and animals live

A Gen Z cousin says, «Grandad walking with a stick is lowkey sad, can't the docs just fix ageing, no cap?» What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Z cousin, Grandad, walking, docs · What happens: say, walk, be, not fix · To what, where: ageing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 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: A Gen Z cousin says, «Grandad walking with a stick is lowkey sad, can't the docs just fix ageing, no cap?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cousin	det
2	Gen	gen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Z	compound
3	Z	z	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cousin	compound
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 walking	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 walking	punct
8	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 walking	nsubj
9	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 sad	csubj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 stick	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stick	det
12	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walking	obl
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 sad	cop
14	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sad	amod
15	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 fix	punct
17	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 fix	aux
18	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 fix	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 docs	det
20	docs	doc	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 fix	nsubj
21	just	just	ADV	_	22 fix	advmod
22	fix	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 sad	parataxis
23	ageing	ageing	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 fix	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 cap	punct
25	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	26 cap	det
26	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 ageing	appos
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 sad	punct
28	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	a Z cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	walk in a quote	gerund	Grandad		with a stick	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	walking		sad property	tree rules
4	not fix in a quote	can	the docs	ageing		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent ageing=Patient

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 is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Doctors help people stay well longer, but nobody can stop ageing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	obj
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 help	xcomp
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 stay	advmod
6	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 stay	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stop	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 stop	cc
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 stop	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 stop	aux
11	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 help	conj
12	ageing	ageing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	help	present	Doctors	people		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	stay	infinitive	people not said here		long, well property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stop	can	nobody	ageing		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector ageing=Eventuality

Option 2

Yes, doctors can now reverse ageing completely with a simple pill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 reverse	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reverse	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 reverse	aux
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 reverse	advmod
6	reverse	reverse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	ageing	age	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 reverse	xcomp
8	completely	completely	ADV	_	7 ageing	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 pill	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pill	det
11	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pill	amod
12	pill	pill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ageing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reverse	can	doctors				now		tree rules
2	age	gerund	doctors not said here					with a simple pill; completely property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with pill=Instrument

Option 3

Yes, but only for rich grandads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 grandads	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 grandads	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 grandads	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 grandads	case
6	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 grandads	amod
7	grandads	grandad	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 4

No, doctors never help old people at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 help	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 help	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 help	advmod
5	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 help	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 help	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not help	present	doctors		old people	all			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary

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