Test 9 · ★ · Why living things die, and the circle of life in nature
Freddie asks, «So Grandad just stopped, like a car?» Which answer is most honest?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Freddie, Grandad, answer · What happens: ask, stop, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Freddie asks, «So Grandad just stopped, like a car?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freddie | Freddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 stopped | punct |
| 5 | So | so | ADV | _ | 8 stopped | advmod |
| 6 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 stopped | nsubj |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 stopped | advmod |
| 8 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 asks | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 car | punct |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 car | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 car | det |
| 12 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stopped | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Freddie | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | stop in a quote | past | Grandad | like a car | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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: Which answer is most honest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 answer | det |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 honest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 honest | cop |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 honest | advmod |
| 5 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 honest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which answer | honest property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, he only paused and will start again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 paused | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 paused | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 paused | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 paused | advmod |
| 5 | paused | pause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 start | cc |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 start | aux |
| 8 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 paused | conj |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 start | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pause | past | he | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | start | future | he not said here | again | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2
No, people never really stop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 stop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stop | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 stop | advmod |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 stop | advmod |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stop | infinitive | people | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
Yes, and he can be jump-started like a car
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 started | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 started | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 started | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 started | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 started | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 started | aux:pass |
| 7 | jump | jump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 started | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 jump | punct |
| 9 | started | start | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 car | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 car | det |
| 12 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 started | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | can · passive | he | like a car | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
In a way: the heart and breathing stopped, and they cannot start again
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 way | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 way | det |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stopped | obl |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 heart | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 heart | det |
| 6 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stopped | nsubj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 breathing | cc |
| 8 | breathing | breathing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 heart | conj |
| 9 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 start | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 start | cc |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 start | nsubj |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 start | aux |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 start | advmod |
| 15 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 stopped | conj |
| 16 | again | again | ADV | _ | 15 start | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | the heart and breathing | a way | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Location | ||||
| 2 | not start | can | heart | again | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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