Test 7 · When a grandparent dies Mia moans, «We can't even say bye. That's so unfair.» Which is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, We, That · What happens: moan, not say, be · To what, where: best answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: Mia moans, «We can't even say bye.
nsubj punct punct nsubj aux advmod advmod conj obj punct root Mia PROPN moans VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT We PRON ca AUX n't PART even ADV say VERB bye INTJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 2 moans nsubj 2 moans moan VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 9 say punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 9 say punct 5 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 say nsubj 6 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 say aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 9 say advmod 8 even even ADV _ 9 say advmod 9 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 moans conj 10 bye bye INTJ _ 9 say obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 moans punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 moan present Mia vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 not say speech: assert in a quote can We vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bye=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: That's so unfair.»
nsubj cop advmod punct punct root That PRON 's AUX so ADV unfair ADJ . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 unfair nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 unfair cop 3 so so ADV _ 4 unfair advmod 4 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 unfair punct 6 » » PUNCT _ 4 unfair punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present That unfair property tree rules
Sentence 3: Which is the best answer?
nsubj cop det amod punct root Which PRON is AUX the DET best ADJ answer NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 5 answer nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 answer cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 answer det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 5 answer amod 5 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 answer punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the best answer tree rules
The options Option 1 Then she has no way at all to say goodbye to him now
advmod nsubj det obj case nmod mark acl obj case obl advmod root Then ADV she PRON has VERB no DET way NOUN at ADP all DET to PART say VERB goodbye NOUN to ADP him PRON now ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 3 has advmod 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 no no DET PronType=Neg 5 way det 5 way way NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 6 at at ADP _ 7 all case 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 5 way nmod 8 to to PART _ 9 say mark 9 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 way acl 10 goodbye goodbye NOUN Number=Sing 9 say obj 11 to to ADP _ 12 him case 12 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 say obl 13 now now ADV PronType=Dem 9 say advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present she no way all then vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient 2 say speech: assert to-infinitive she not said here goodbye him = he now vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic to he=Recipient
Option 2 She can only say bye properly if she goes to Ukraine
nsubj aux advmod obj advmod mark nsubj advcl case obl root She PRON can AUX only ADV say VERB bye NOUN properly ADV if SCONJ she PRON goes VERB to ADP Ukraine PROPN 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 say nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 3 only only ADV _ 4 say advmod 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 bye bye NOUN Number=Sing 4 say obj 6 properly properly ADV _ 4 say advmod 7 if if SCONJ _ 9 goes mark 8 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 goes nsubj 9 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 say advcl 10 to to ADP _ 11 Ukraine case 11 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN Number=Sing 9 goes obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert can She bye properly property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bye=Topic 2 go a condition, not said to happen present she Ukraine vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to ukraine=Initial_Location
Option 3 It doesn't really matter much, because he lived so very far away
nsubj aux advmod advmod advcl advmod punct mark nsubj advmod advmod advmod advmod root It PRON does AUX n't PART really ADV matter VERB much ADV , PUNCT because SCONJ he PRON lived VERB so ADV very ADV far ADV away ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 matter nsubj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 matter aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 matter advmod 4 really really ADV _ 5 matter advmod 5 matter matter VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 lived advcl 6 much much ADV _ 5 matter advmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 lived punct 8 because because SCONJ _ 10 lived mark 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 lived nsubj 10 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 11 so so ADV _ 10 lived advmod 12 very very ADV _ 13 far advmod 13 far far ADV Degree=Pos 14 away advmod 14 away away ADV _ 10 lived advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not matter present · do-support It vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus 2 live past he away property vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It is hard, and there is more than one way to say goodbye
expl cop amod punct cc expl cop advmod fixed nummod mark acl obj root It PRON is AUX hard ADJ , PUNCT and CCONJ there PRON is AUX more ADJ than ADP one NUM way NOUN to PART say VERB goodbye NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 hard expl 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 hard cop 3 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 11 way amod 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 is punct 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 is cc 6 there there PRON PronType=Dem 7 is expl 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 way cop 8 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV 10 one advmod 9 than than ADP _ 8 more fixed 10 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 11 way nummod 11 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 12 to to PART _ 13 say mark 13 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 way acl 14 goodbye goodbye NOUN Number=Sing 13 say obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present hard property tree rules 2 is a present hard one way tree rules 3 say speech: assert to-infinitive goodbye vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic
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