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Test 11 · ★★ · The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye

«My dad says our dog's definitely in heaven, my nan says no way,» says a girl. What is the most honest answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, nan, girl, honest answer · What happens: say, be · To what, where: dog, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 56 «The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye» 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: «My dad says our dog's definitely in heaven, my nan says no way,» says a girl.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dad	nmod:poss
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dog	nmod:poss
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	obj
7	's	's	PART	_	6 dog	case
8	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	4 says	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 heaven	case
10	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 definitely	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 says	punct
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 nan	nmod:poss
13	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 says	nsubj
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	parataxis
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 way	det
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 says	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 says	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 says	punct
19	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 says	conj
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 girl	det
21	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 says	nsubj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	My dad	our dog				definitely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dog=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my nan	no way					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent way=Topic
3	say speech: assert	present	a girl						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 most honest 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	6 answer	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 honest	advmod
5	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nan is right because she goes to church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 goes	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 goes	nsubj
6	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 church	case
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nan					right property	tree rules
2	go	present	Nan			church			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial_Location

Option 2

Dad is right because he is older

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 older	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 older	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 older	cop
7	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 right	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Dad					right property	tree rules
2	is	present	he					old property	tree rules

Option 3

Heaven only lets in dogs that were good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lets	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 lets	advmod
3	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 dogs	case
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lets	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 good	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 good	cop
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dogs	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	Heaven	dogs					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	is	past	dogs					good property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nobody knows for sure; beliefs differ, and «I hope so» is honest

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 sure	case
4	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 knows	obl
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 differ	punct
6	beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 differ	nsubj
7	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 knows	parataxis
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hope	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hope	cc
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 hope	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 hope	nsubj
12	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 knows	parataxis
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 honest	advmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 so	punct
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 honest	cop
16	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hope	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Nobody					for sure	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	differ	present	beliefs						vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hope in a quote	present	I						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	is not said to happen	present	I not said here					honest property	tree rules

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