Test 5 · When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies Lily's uncle in Cork says, «Ah, Thumper's gone to a better place, pet, grand so.» («Grand» means «fine, all right».) What should Lily understand?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, Thumper, Grand, Lily · What happens: say, go, mean, understand · To what, where: better place · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 55 «When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies» 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: Lily's uncle in Cork says, «Ah, Thumper's gone to a better place, pet, grand so.»
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct discourse punct nsubj aux ccomp case det amod obl punct conj punct amod advmod punct punct root Lily PROPN 's PART uncle NOUN in ADP Cork PROPN says VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT Ah INTJ , PUNCT Thumper PROPN 's AUX gone VERB to ADP a DET better ADJ place NOUN , PUNCT pet NOUN , PUNCT grand ADJ so ADV . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lily Lily PROPN Number=Sing 3 uncle nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Lily case 3 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 4 in in ADP _ 5 Cork case 5 Cork Cork PROPN Number=Sing 3 uncle nmod 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 13 gone punct 8 « « PUNCT _ 13 gone punct 9 Ah ah INTJ _ 13 gone discourse 10 , , PUNCT _ 9 Ah punct 11 Thumper Thumper PROPN Number=Sing 13 gone nsubj 12 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 gone aux 13 gone go VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 6 says ccomp 14 to to ADP _ 17 place case 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 place det 16 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 17 place amod 17 place place NOUN Number=Sing 13 gone obl 18 , , PUNCT _ 19 pet punct 19 pet pet NOUN Number=Sing 17 place conj 20 , , PUNCT _ 21 grand punct 21 grand grand ADJ Degree=Pos 17 place amod 22 so so ADV _ 21 grand advmod 23 . . PUNCT _ 6 says punct 24 » » PUNCT _ 6 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Lily's uncle in Cork vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 go in a quote present · passive Thumper a better place and pet vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location
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: («Grand» means «fine, all right».)
punct punct nsubj punct punct amod punct advmod ccomp punct punct punct root ( PUNCT « PUNCT Grand PROPN » PUNCT means VERB « PUNCT fine ADJ , PUNCT all ADV right ADJ » PUNCT . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 « « PUNCT _ 3 Grand punct 3 Grand Grand PROPN _ 5 means nsubj 4 » » PUNCT _ 3 Grand punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 « « PUNCT _ 10 right punct 7 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 10 right amod 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 right punct 9 all all ADV _ 10 right advmod 10 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means ccomp 11 » » PUNCT _ 10 right 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 Grand vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What should Lily understand?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX Lily PROPN understand VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 understand obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 understand aux 3 Lily Lily PROPN Number=Sing 4 understand nsubj 4 understand understand VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 understand punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 understand should Lily vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
The options Option 1 Thumper is living with a better family
nsubj aux case det amod obl root Thumper NOUN is AUX living VERB with ADP a DET better ADJ family NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Thumper thumper NOUN Number=Sing 3 living nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 living aux 3 living live VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 with with ADP _ 7 family case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 family det 6 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 family amod 7 family family NOUN Number=Sing 3 living obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 live present · progressive Thumper with a better family vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with family=Location
Option 2 Thumper has gone on holiday to Cork
nsubj aux case obl case obl root Thumper NOUN has AUX gone VERB on ADP holiday NOUN to ADP Cork PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Thumper thumper NOUN Number=Sing 3 gone nsubj 2 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 gone aux 3 gone go VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 4 on on ADP _ 5 holiday case 5 holiday holiday NOUN Number=Sing 3 gone obl 6 to to ADP _ 7 Cork case 7 Cork Cork PROPN Number=Sing 3 gone obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present · perfect Thumper Cork holiday vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to cork=Initial_Location
Option 3 Thumper will be back home when the weather is grand again
nsubj aux cop advmod advmod mark det nsubj cop advmod root Thumper NOUN will AUX be AUX back ADV home ADV when SCONJ the DET weather NOUN is AUX grand ADJ again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Thumper thumper NOUN Number=Sing 4 back nsubj 2 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 back aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 back cop 4 back back ADV _ 10 grand advmod 5 home home ADV _ 4 back advmod 6 when when SCONJ _ 10 grand mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 weather det 8 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 10 grand nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 grand cop 10 grand grand ADJ Degree=Pos root root 11 again again ADV _ 10 grand advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is future Thumper back, home property tree rules 2 is present the weather again grand property tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Thumper has died; the words are a gentle way to say it
nsubj aux punct det nsubj cop det amod obl mark acl obj root Thumper NOUN has AUX died VERB ; PUNCT the DET words NOUN are AUX a DET gentle ADJ way NOUN to PART say VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Thumper thumper NOUN Number=Sing 3 died nsubj 2 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 died aux 3 died die VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 4 ; ; PUNCT _ 10 way punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 words det 6 words word NOUN Number=Plur 10 way nsubj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 way cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 way det 9 gentle gentle ADJ Degree=Pos 10 way amod 10 way way NOUN Number=Sing 3 died obl 11 to to PART _ 12 say mark 12 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 way acl 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 say obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 die present · perfect Thumper vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 is a present the words a gentle way tree rules 3 say speech: assert to-infinitive Thumper not said here Thumper vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
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