Test 10 · ★★ · Accidents, wars and deaths on the news
The head teacher says, formally, «It is with profound sorrow that I must inform you of the death of a former pupil.» What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: head teacher, teacher, profound sorrow, former pupil, sorrow · What happens: say, be, inform, die, mean · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Accidents, wars and deaths on the news» 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: The head teacher says, formally, «It is with profound sorrow that I must inform you of the death of a former pupil.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 2 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | compound |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 formally | punct |
| 6 | formally | formally | ADV | _ | 4 says | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sorrow | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 sorrow | punct |
| 9 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sorrow | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 sorrow | cop |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 sorrow | case |
| 12 | profound | profound | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 sorrow | amod |
| 13 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 inform | nsubj |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 inform | nsubj |
| 16 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 inform | aux |
| 17 | inform | inform | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 sorrow | acl:relcl |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 inform | iobj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 death | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 death | det |
| 21 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 inform | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 pupil | case |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 pupil | det |
| 24 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 pupil | amod |
| 25 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 death | nmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 27 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the head teacher | formally property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | teacher | with profound sorrow | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | inform speech: other in a quote | must | profound sorrow | you | of the death of a former pupil | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient of death=Topic | |||
| 4 | die in a quote | a former pupil | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |
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 does she mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | sorrow | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A former pupil is visiting the school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pupil | det |
| 2 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pupil | amod |
| 3 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 visiting | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 visiting | aux |
| 5 | visiting | visit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 school | det |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 visiting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | present · progressive | a former pupil | the school | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Co-Agent |
Option 2
A former pupil has won a prize
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pupil | det |
| 2 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pupil | amod |
| 3 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 won | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 won | aux |
| 5 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 prize | det |
| 7 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 won | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present · perfect | a former pupil | a prize | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A former pupil has died, and she is very sad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pupil | det |
| 2 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pupil | amod |
| 3 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 died | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 died | aux |
| 5 | died | die | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sad | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 sad | cc |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 sad | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 sad | cop |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 sad | advmod |
| 11 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 died | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present · perfect | a former pupil | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | is | present | pupil | sad property | tree rules |
Option 4
A former pupil has been expelled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pupil | det |
| 2 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pupil | amod |
| 3 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 expelled | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 expelled | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 expelled | aux:pass |
| 6 | expelled | expel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expel | present · perfect · passive | a former pupil | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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