Test 5 · ★ · Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill

Lucy, shocked, says, «Kids don't die tho. Only old people do.» What is honest and gentle?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lucy, Kids, old people · What happens: say, not die, do, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 59 «Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill» 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: Lucy, shocked, says, «Kids don't die tho.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 shocked	punct
3	shocked	shocked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Lucy	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lucy	punct
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 die	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 die	punct
8	Kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 die	nsubj
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 die	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 die	advmod
11	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
12	tho	tho	ADV	_	11 die	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Lucy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not die in a quote	present · do-support	Kids					tho property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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: Only old people do.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 people	advmod
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	old people						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What is honest and gentle?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 honest	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 honest	cop
3	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 gentle	cc
5	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 honest	conj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 honest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						honest property	tree rules
2	be								tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Children die all the time everywhere, so she just has to get used to it and stop fussing

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 die	nsubj
2	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 time	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 die	obl:unmarked
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 die	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 has	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 has	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 has	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 has	advmod
11	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 die	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	14 used	mark
13	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 used	aux:pass
14	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 has	xcomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 used	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 stop	cc
18	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 die	conj
19	fussing	fuss	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	Children		time	everywhere property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	have	present	she				tree rules
3	use	to-infinitive · passive	she not said here	it			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»
4	stop	infinitive	Children not said here				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
5	fuss	gerund	Children not said here				tree rules

Option 2

Right, but only children in faraway countries, not here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	5 children	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 children	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 children	advmod
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 countries	case
7	faraway	faraway	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 countries	amod
8	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 children	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 here	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 here	advmod
11	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 children	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Most kids live long lives, but sadly some get illnesses that can't be cured

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 kids	amod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lives	amod
5	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 get	cc
8	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	10 get	advmod
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 get	nsubj
10	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 live	conj
11	illnesses	illness	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 get	obj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 cured	nsubj:pass
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 cured	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 cured	advmod
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 cured	aux:pass
16	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 illnesses	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	live	present	Most kids	long lives		vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location
2	get	present	some	illnesses	sadly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer illness=Stimulus
3	not cure	can · passive		illnesses		vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source

Option 4

Right, children cannot die of anything; only old people do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	6 die	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 die	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 die	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 die	advmod
6	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 anything	case
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 die	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 do	punct
10	only	only	ADV	_	12 people	advmod
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 people	amod
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 do	nsubj
13	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 die	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not die	can	children					of anything	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of anything=Causer
2	do	present	old people						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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