Test 2 · ★ · Why living things die, and the circle of life in nature

Your nan in Yorkshire mutters, «Them leaves are all dead, love, but t'tree's champion.» («Champion» means «fine, doing well».) What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, leaves, Champion · What happens: mutter, be, mean, do · To what, where: fine · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Your nan in Yorkshire mutters, «Them leaves are all dead, love, but t'tree's champion.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nan	nmod:poss
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mutters	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Yorkshire	case
4	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 nan	nmod
5	mutters	mutter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dead	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 dead	punct
8	Them	them	DET	PronType=Dem	9 leaves	det
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 dead	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 dead	cop
11	all	all	ADV	_	12 dead	advmod
12	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mutters	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 love	punct
14	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dead	vocative
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 champion	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 champion	cc
17	t'tree	t'tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 champion	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 t'tree	case
19	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mutters	parataxis
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mutters	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 mutters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mutter speech: assert	present	Your nan in Yorkshire						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	them leaves					love vocative; all, dead property	tree rules

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: («Champion» means «fine, doing well».)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 Champion	punct
3	Champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 Champion	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 fine	punct
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 doing	punct
9	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 fine	advcl
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 doing	advmod
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 fine	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Champion	fine					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Topic
2	do in a quote	gerund	Champion not said here					well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What does she mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	champion						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

The tree will die completely before the winter comes in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tree	det
2	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 die	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 die	aux
4	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	completely	completely	ADV	_	4 die	advmod
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 comes	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 winter	det
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 comes	nsubj
9	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 die	advcl
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 comes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	future	the tree					completely property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	come in	present	the winter						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The tree has won a prize in a competition for the best tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tree	det
2	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 won	aux
4	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 prize	det
6	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 competition	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 competition	det
9	competition	competition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 tree	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
12	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 tree	amod
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present · perfect	the tree	a prize		a competition		for the best tree	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent prize=Theme for tree=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The leaves have died, but the tree is alive and resting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 leaves	det
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 died	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 died	aux
4	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 alive	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 alive	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 alive	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 alive	cop
10	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 died	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 resting	cc
12	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 alive	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	die	present · perfect	the leaves		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	is	present	the tree	alive property	tree rules
3	rest	gerund	the tree not said here		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The leaves will all turn green again on the tree next week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 leaves	det
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 turn	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 turn	aux
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 turn	advmod
5	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 turn	xcomp
7	again	again	ADV	_	5 turn	advmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 tree	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turn	obl
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 week	amod
12	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turn	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	future	the leaves			the tree	again; week	all, green property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on tree=Trajectory

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