Test 5 · ★ · Why living things die, and the circle of life in nature
Leah sobs, «I proper killed it!» about her drooping sunflower. What is the kind, true answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leah, I, kind true answer · What happens: sob, kill, droop, be · To what, where: it
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Leah sobs, «I proper killed it!» about her drooping sunflower.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leah | Leah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sobs | nsubj |
| 2 | sobs | sob | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 killed | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 killed | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 killed | nsubj |
| 6 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 7 killed | advmod |
| 7 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sobs | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 killed | obj |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 sobs | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 sobs | punct |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 sunflower | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 sunflower | nmod:poss |
| 13 | drooping | droop | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 sunflower | amod |
| 14 | sunflower | sunflower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sobs | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sobs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sob | present | Leah | about Leah's drooping sunflower | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | kill in a quote | past | I | it | properly property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | droop | gerund | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 the kind, true answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 answer | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 answer | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 kind | punct |
| 6 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 answer | amod |
| 7 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kind true answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It is not dead, just shy of autumn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dead | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dead | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 dead | advmod |
| 4 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 shy | punct |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 shy | advmod |
| 7 | shy | shy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dead | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 autumn | case |
| 9 | autumn | autumn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | It | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | autumn | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, sunflowers live one summer; save the seeds for spring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | sunflowers | sunflower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 summer | nummod |
| 6 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 save | punct |
| 8 | save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 live | parataxis |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 seeds | det |
| 10 | seeds | seed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 save | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 spring | case |
| 12 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 save | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | sunflowers | summer | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | save | infinitive | the seeds | spring | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, you should never grow flowers again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 grow | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 grow | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 grow | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 grow | advmod |
| 6 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 grow | obj |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 grow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not grow | should | you | flowers | again | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location flower=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, flowers only ever die when people are careless with them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 die | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 die | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 die | advmod |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 die | advmod |
| 6 | die | die | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 10 careless | mark |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 careless | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 careless | cop |
| 10 | careless | careless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 die | ccomp |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 them | case |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 careless | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | infinitive | flowers | ever | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | is | present | people | with flowers = flower; careless property | tree rules |
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