Test 2 · When a grandparent dies

Tommy, confused, says, «If we lost Nana, let's go find her!» What should his mum say?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tommy, we, 's, mum · What happens: say, lose, let, go, find · To what, where: Nana, 's · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 58 «When a grandparent dies» 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: Tommy, confused, says, «If we lost Nana, let's go find her!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tommy	Tommy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 confused	punct
3	confused	confused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tommy	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Tommy	punct
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lost	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 lost	punct
8	If	if	SCONJ	_	10 lost	mark
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 lost	nsubj
10	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
11	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 lost	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 let	punct
13	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
14	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 let	obj
15	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 let	xcomp
16	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 go	xcomp
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 find	obj
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 let	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Tommy		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	past	we	Nana	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nana=Eventuality
3	let in a quote	infinitive		's	tree rules
4	go in a quote	infinitive	's not said here		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	find in a quote	infinitive	's not said here	Nana	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic

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 should his mum say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should	Tommy's mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

«Don't worry, the police are searching»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 worry	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 worry	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 worry	advmod
4	worry	worry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 searching	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 police	det
7	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 searching	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 searching	aux
9	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 worry	conj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 worry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not worry in a quote	imperative · do-support	you not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	search in a quote	present · progressive	the police						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 2

«Yes, let's look for her in town»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct
2	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 let	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Yes	punct
4	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 let	obj
6	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 look	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 town	case
10	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 look	obl
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let in a quote	imperative	you not said here	's					tree rules
2	look in a quote	infinitive	's not said here			town		for her = she	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for she=Theme in town=Location

Option 3

«She's lost, but she'll find her own way home»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 lost	punct
2	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lost	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	aux:pass
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 find	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 find	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 find	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 find	aux
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lost	parataxis
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 way	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obj
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 way	advmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose in a quote	present · passive		She					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	find in a quote	future	she	her own way					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

«I'm sorry, love, I mean Nana died. She isn't lost.»

Sentence 1: «I'm sorry, love, I mean Nana died.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 sorry	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 sorry	nsubj
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sorry	cop
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 love	punct
6	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sorry	vocative
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mean	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 mean	nsubj
9	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sorry	conj
10	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 died	nsubj
11	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 mean	ccomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sorry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I	love vocative; sorry property	tree rules
2	mean in a quote	present	I		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	die in a quote	past	Nana		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Sentence 2: She isn't lost.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lost	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	aux:pass
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 lost	advmod
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lost	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not lose	present · passive		Nana					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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