Test 11 · ★ · Why living things die, and the circle of life in nature

Ollie's mum says, «We don't know why your fish died, love.» Why is that an honest answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, We, fish · What happens: say, not know, die, be · To what, where: honest answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 53 «Why living things die, and the circle of life in nature» 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: Ollie's mum says, «We don't know why your fish died, love.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ollie	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 know	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 know	punct
7	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 know	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 know	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 know	advmod
10	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	14 died	advmod
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 fish	nmod:poss
13	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 died	nsubj
14	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 know	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 love	punct
16	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 know	vocative
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ollie's mum		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not know in a quote	present · do-support	We	love vocative	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	die in a quote	past	your fish		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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: Why is that an honest answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 answer	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 answer	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 answer	mark
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 answer	det
5	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a honest answer					tree rules

The options

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

Often nobody can know the exact reason a creature dies young

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Often	often	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 nobody	amod
2	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 know	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
6	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reason	amod
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 creature	det
9	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dies	nsubj
10	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reason	acl
11	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dies	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	can	nobody	the exact reason					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus
2	die	present	a creature	the exact reason not said here				young property	tree rules

Option 2

Fish deaths are never real deaths, so there is nothing to know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deaths	compound
2	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deaths	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 deaths	cop
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 deaths	advmod
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 deaths	amod
6	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 is	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 is	advmod
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 is	expl
10	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 deaths	conj
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 is	nsubj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 know	mark
13	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 nothing	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not is a	present	Fish deaths	real deaths		tree rules
2	be	present	nothing		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	know	to-infinitive	nothing not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

She knows the real reason, but wants to keep it a secret from him

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knows	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wants	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 wants	cc
8	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 knows	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 keep	mark
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 wants	xcomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keep	obj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 secret	det
13	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	xcomp
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	present	She	the real reason		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus
2	want	present	She not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	reason	from him = he	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer it=Beneficiary from he=Eventuality

Option 4

She is quite sure it was Ollie's fault, but is too kind to say

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sure	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sure	cop
3	quite	quite	ADV	_	4 sure	advmod
4	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fault	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fault	cop
7	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 fault	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Ollie	case
9	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sure	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 kind	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 kind	cc
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 kind	cop
13	too	too	ADV	_	14 kind	advmod
14	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sure	parataxis
15	to	to	PART	_	16 say	mark
16	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 kind	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	She		sure property	tree rules
2	is a	past	it	Ollie's fault		tree rules
3	is	present			kind property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	to-infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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