Test 5 · ★ · Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon» Callum mutters, «I tried to save it and it still died. I hate it.» What is true and kind?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Callum, it, I · What happens: mutter, try, save, die, hate, be · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 57 «Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»» 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: Callum mutters, «I tried to save it and it still died.
nsubj punct punct nsubj parataxis mark xcomp obj cc nsubj advmod conj punct root Callum PROPN mutters VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT I PRON tried VERB to PART save VERB it PRON and CCONJ it PRON still ADV died VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Callum Callum PROPN Number=Sing 2 mutters nsubj 2 mutters mutter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 tried punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 6 tried punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 tried nsubj 6 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 mutters parataxis 7 to to PART _ 8 save mark 8 save save VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 tried xcomp 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 save obj 10 and and CCONJ _ 13 died cc 11 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 died nsubj 12 still still ADV _ 13 died advmod 13 died die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 tried conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 mutters punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mutter speech: assert present Callum vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 try in a quote past Callum vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 3 save not said to happen, in a quote to-infinitive Callum not said here it vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 4 die in a quote past it still vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
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: I hate it.»
nsubj obj punct punct root I PRON hate VERB it PRON . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 hate nsubj 2 hate hate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 hate obj 4 . . PUNCT _ 2 hate punct 5 » » PUNCT _ 2 hate punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hate present I it vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
Sentence 3: What is true and kind?
nsubj cop cc conj punct root What PRON is AUX true ADJ and CCONJ kind ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 kind cc 5 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 3 true conj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules 2 be tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He killed it himself by trying far too hard to help it
nsubj obj obl:unmarked mark advcl advmod advmod xcomp mark xcomp obj root He PRON killed VERB it PRON himself PRON by SCONJ trying VERB far ADV too ADV hard ADJ to PART help VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 killed nsubj 2 killed kill VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 killed obj 4 himself himself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 2 killed obl:unmarked 5 by by SCONJ _ 6 trying mark 6 trying try VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 killed advcl 7 far far ADV Degree=Pos 9 hard advmod 8 too too ADV _ 9 hard advmod 9 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 6 trying xcomp 10 to to PART _ 11 help mark 11 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 hard xcomp 12 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 help obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 kill past He it himself = he obl:unmarked vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 2 try gerund He not said here hard property vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 3 help to-infinitive He not said here it vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary
Option 2 The bird died just because he hates things so very much
det nsubj advmod mark nsubj advcl obj advmod advmod advmod root The DET bird NOUN died VERB just ADV because SCONJ he PRON hates VERB things NOUN so ADV very ADV much ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bird det 2 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing 3 died nsubj 3 died die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 just just ADV _ 3 died advmod 5 because because SCONJ _ 7 hates mark 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 hates nsubj 7 hates hate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 died advcl 8 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 7 hates obj 9 so so ADV _ 11 much advmod 10 very very ADV _ 11 much advmod 11 much much ADV _ 7 hates advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 die past the bird vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 hate present bird things vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Trying to help was good, even though it didn't work
csubj mark xcomp cop punct advmod mark nsubj aux advmod conj root Trying VERB to PART help VERB was AUX good ADJ , PUNCT even ADV though SCONJ it PRON did AUX n't PART work VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Trying try VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 good csubj 2 to to PART _ 3 help mark 3 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Trying xcomp 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 good cop 5 good good ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 12 work punct 7 even even ADV _ 12 work advmod 8 though though SCONJ _ 12 work mark 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 work nsubj 10 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 work aux 11 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 12 work advmod 12 work work VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 good conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 try gerund vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 help not said to happen to-infinitive vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent 3 is past Trying good property tree rules 4 not work past · do-support it vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 He should never try to help any wild animals ever again
nsubj aux advmod mark xcomp det amod obj advmod advmod root He PRON should AUX never ADV try VERB to PART help VERB any DET wild ADJ animals NOUN ever ADV again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 try nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 try aux 3 never never ADV PronType=Neg 4 try advmod 4 try try VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 to to PART _ 6 help mark 6 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 try xcomp 7 any any DET PronType=Ind 9 animals det 8 wild wild ADJ Degree=Pos 9 animals amod 9 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 6 help obj 10 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 6 help advmod 11 again again ADV _ 6 help advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not try should He vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 help not said to happen to-infinitive He not said here any wild animals ever; again vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Beneficiary
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