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Test 9 · When a grandparent dies

Freddie blurts, «Can I have his watch?» before the funeral. What's a gentler way?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Freddie, gentler way · What happens: blurt, have, be · To what, where: watch · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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: Freddie blurts, «Can I have his watch?» before the funeral.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Freddie	Freddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 blurts	nsubj
2	blurts	blurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
5	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 have	aux
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 have	nsubj
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 blurts	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 watch	nmod:poss
9	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 blurts	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 blurts	punct
12	before	before	ADP	_	14 funeral	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 funeral	det
14	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blurts	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 blurts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blurt speech: other	present	Freddie				before the funeral		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have in a quote	can	Freddie	Freddie's watch					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Patient

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's a gentler way?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	gentler	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 way	amod
5	way	way	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	a gentler way						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Grab it from the drawer first, before anyone else does

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Grab	obj
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 drawer	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 drawer	det
5	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obl
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Grab	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 does	punct
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 does	mark
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 does	nsubj
10	else	else	ADV	_	9 anyone	advmod
11	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Grab	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	it		the drawer		first property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from drawer=Source
2	do	present	anyone						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Ask for Grandad's car and his telly as well, while he's at it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	5 car	case
3	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 car	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Grandad	case
5	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 telly	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 telly	nmod:poss
8	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 car	conj
9	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	1 Ask	advmod
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 as	fixed
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 's	punct
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 's	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 's	nsubj
14	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	parataxis
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 's	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					for Grandad's car and Grandad's telly	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	be	present	Grandad			telly			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at it=Location

Option 3

Never ask for anything at all, not even something small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 ask	advmod
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 anything	case
4	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 ask	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 ask	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 something	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 something	advmod
9	even	even	ADV	_	10 something	advmod
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 ask	conj
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 something	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here			all		for anything	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Ask later and say, «I'd like something to remember him by»

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Ask	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 say	cc
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 like	nsubj
8	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 like	aux
9	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	parataxis
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 like	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 remember	mark
12	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 like	xcomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 remember	obj
14	by	by	ADP	_	12 remember	advmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					late property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	like in a quote	would	I	something					tree rules
4	remember not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here	him = he					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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