Test 3 · When a grandparent dies

Ava snaps, «I don't wanna talk about it, OK?» at break. What can her friends do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava, I, friends · What happens: snap, not talk, do · To what, where: break · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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: Ava snaps, «I don't wanna talk about it, OK?» at break.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 snaps	nsubj
2	snaps	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 talk	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 talk	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 talk	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 talk	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 talk	advmod
8	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	9 talk	dep
9	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 snaps	ccomp
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 talk	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 talk	punct
13	OK	ok	INTJ	_	9 talk	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 snaps	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 snaps	punct
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 break	case
17	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 snaps	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 snaps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	present	Ava			break			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not talk in a quote	present · do-support	I					about it	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=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 can her friends do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 friends	nmod:poss
4	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	can	Ava's friends						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Just be there, and tell her they're around if she wants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	3 there	advmod
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 there	cop
3	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tell	cc
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 there	parataxis
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tell	iobj
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 around	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 around	cop
10	around	around	ADV	_	6 tell	ccomp
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 wants	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wants	nsubj
13	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 there	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here		there property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive		her = she		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
3	is	present	they		around property	tree rules
4	want a condition, not said to happen	present	she			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

Ignore her for a week until she feels better herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 week	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 week	det
5	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignore	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 feels	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 feels	nsubj
8	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ignore	advcl
9	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 feels	xcomp
10	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 better	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	her = she			week		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	feel	present	she					good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Keep on asking her again and again, every break, until she talks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	SCONJ	_	3 asking	mark
3	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asking	obj
5	again	again	ADV	_	3 asking	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 again	cc
7	again	again	ADV	_	5 again	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 break	punct
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 break	det
10	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asking	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 talks	punct
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 talks	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 talks	nsubj
14	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here				tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	you not said here	every break	her = she	again	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
3	talk	present	she				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Tell the whole class that she is sad, so they know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 class	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 class	amod
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 sad	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sad	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sad	cop
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 know	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 know	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 know	nsubj
12	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the whole class		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient
2	is	present	she		sad property	tree rules
3	know	present	they			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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