Test 4 · When a grandparent dies Harvey sobs, «I said he was boring. Did that kill him?» What is the truthful answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Harvey, I, that, truthful answer · What happens: sob, say, be, kill · To what, where: Harvey · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 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: Harvey sobs, «I said he was boring.
nsubj punct punct nsubj parataxis nsubj cop ccomp punct root Harvey PROPN sobs VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT I PRON said VERB he PRON was AUX boring ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Harvey Harvey PROPN Number=Sing 2 sobs nsubj 2 sobs sob VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 said punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 6 said punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 said nsubj 6 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 sobs parataxis 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 boring nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 boring cop 9 boring boring ADJ Degree=Pos 6 said ccomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 sobs punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sob present Harvey tree rules 2 say speech: assert in a quote past I vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 is in a quote past Harvey boring property tree rules
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: Did that kill him?»
aux nsubj obj punct punct root Did AUX that PRON kill VERB him PRON ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 kill aux 2 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 kill nsubj 3 kill kill VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 kill obj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 kill punct 6 » » PUNCT _ 3 kill punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 kill past · do-support that Harvey vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
Sentence 3: What is the truthful answer?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET truthful ADJ answer NOUN ? PUNCT 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 5 answer det 4 truthful truthful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 answer amod 5 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truthful answer tree rules
The options Option 1 Yes, rude words like that can really stop a heart
discourse punct amod nsubj case nmod aux advmod det obj root Yes INTJ , PUNCT rude ADJ words NOUN like ADP that PRON can AUX really ADV stop VERB a DET heart NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 9 stop discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 4 words amod 4 words word NOUN Number=Plur 9 stop nsubj 5 like like ADP _ 6 that case 6 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 words nmod 7 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 stop aux 8 really really ADV _ 9 stop advmod 9 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 heart det 11 heart heart NOUN Number=Sing 9 stop obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop can rude words like that a heart vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality heart=Eventuality
Option 2 Maybe, so you should go on feeling bad about it for ever and ever
The tree, 14 words advmod punct advmod nsubj aux mark xcomp xcomp case obl case obl cc conj root Maybe ADV , PUNCT so ADV you PRON should AUX go VERB on SCONJ feeling VERB bad ADJ about ADP it PRON for ADP ever ADV and CCONJ ever ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Maybe maybe ADV _ 6 go advmod 2 , , PUNCT _ 6 go punct 3 so so ADV _ 6 go advmod 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 go nsubj 5 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 go aux 6 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 on on SCONJ _ 8 feeling mark 8 feeling feel VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 go xcomp 9 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 8 feeling xcomp 10 about about ADP _ 11 it case 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 bad obl 12 for for ADP _ 13 ever case 13 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 8 feeling obl 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 ever cc 15 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 13 ever conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go should you maybe property vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 feel gerund you not said here bad property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 Only if you said it to him more than once, to his face
advmod mark nsubj obj case obl advmod case obl punct case nmod:poss parataxis root Only ADV if SCONJ you PRON said VERB it PRON to ADP him PRON more ADV than ADP once ADV , PUNCT to ADP his PRON face NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 4 said advmod 2 if if SCONJ _ 4 said mark 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 said nsubj 4 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 said obj 6 to to ADP _ 7 him case 7 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 said obl 8 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 4 said advmod 9 than than ADP _ 10 once case 10 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 8 more obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 face punct 12 to to ADP _ 14 face case 13 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 face nmod:poss 14 face face NOUN Number=Sing 4 said parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past you it him = he vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to he=Recipient
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer No, words can't make someone die; Grandad knew you loved him
discourse punct nsubj aux advmod obj xcomp punct nsubj parataxis nsubj ccomp obj root No INTJ , PUNCT words NOUN ca AUX n't PART make VERB someone PRON die VERB ; PUNCT Grandad PROPN knew VERB you PRON loved VERB him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 make discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 words word NOUN Number=Plur 6 make nsubj 4 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 make aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 make advmod 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 make obj 8 die die VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 make xcomp 9 ; ; PUNCT _ 11 knew punct 10 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 11 knew nsubj 11 knew know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 make parataxis 12 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 13 loved nsubj 13 loved love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 knew ccomp 14 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 loved obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not make can words someone tree rules 2 not die infinitive someone not said here vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 3 know past Grandad vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 4 love past you Grandad vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
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