Test 4 · ★★ · Accidents, wars and deaths on the news Taras says, «His dad was a soldier and now he's dead. It's well grim.» His mate wants to say the perfect thing. What is enough?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Taras, dad, soldier, mate · What happens: say, be, want · To what, where: soldier, perfect thing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Taras says, «His dad was a soldier and now he's dead.
nsubj punct punct nmod:poss nsubj cop det ccomp cc advmod nsubj cop conj punct root Taras PROPN says VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT His PRON dad NOUN was AUX a DET soldier NOUN and CCONJ now ADV he PRON 's AUX dead ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Taras Taras PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 9 soldier punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 9 soldier punct 5 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 dad nmod:poss 6 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 9 soldier nsubj 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 soldier cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 soldier det 9 soldier soldier NOUN Number=Sing 2 says ccomp 10 and and CCONJ _ 14 dead cc 11 now now ADV PronType=Dem 14 dead advmod 12 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 dead nsubj 13 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 dead cop 14 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 9 soldier conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Taras vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote past Taras's dad a soldier tree rules 3 is in a quote present Taras now dead 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: It's well grim.»
nsubj cop advmod punct punct root It PRON 's AUX well ADV grim ADJ . PUNCT » PUNCT 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 4 grim nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 grim cop 3 well well ADV Degree=Pos 4 grim advmod 4 grim grim ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 grim punct 6 » » PUNCT _ 4 grim punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present soldier grim, well property tree rules
Sentence 3: His mate wants to say the perfect thing.
nmod:poss nsubj mark xcomp det amod obj punct root His PRON mate NOUN wants VERB to PART say VERB the DET perfect ADJ thing NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 3 wants nsubj 3 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 say mark 5 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 wants xcomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 thing det 7 perfect perfect ADJ Degree=Pos 8 thing amod 8 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 5 say obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 wants punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want present Taras's mate vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 say speech: assert not said to happen to-infinitive Taras's mate not said here the perfect thing vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
Sentence 4: What is enough?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX enough ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 enough nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 enough cop 3 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 enough punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present enough property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice «My dad's a soldier in my game too»
punct nmod:poss nsubj cop det case nmod:poss nmod advmod punct root « PUNCT My PRON dad NOUN 's AUX a DET soldier NOUN in ADP my PRON game NOUN too ADV » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 6 soldier punct 2 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 dad nmod:poss 3 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 6 soldier nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 soldier cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 soldier det 6 soldier soldier NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 in in ADP _ 9 game case 8 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 game nmod:poss 9 game game NOUN Number=Sing 6 soldier nmod 10 too too ADV _ 6 soldier advmod 11 » » PUNCT _ 6 soldier punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present My dad a soldier my game tree rules
Option 2 Nothing, it's better to stay away
nsubj punct expl cop mark csubj advmod root Nothing PRON , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX better ADJ to PART stay VERB away ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 5 better nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Nothing punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 better expl 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 better cop 5 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 6 to to PART _ 7 stay mark 7 stay stay VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 better csubj 8 away away ADV _ 7 stay advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Nothing good property tree rules 2 stay away to-infinitive away property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer «I'm really sorry» and listening
punct nsubj cop advmod punct cc conj root « PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX really ADV sorry ADJ » PUNCT and CCONJ listening VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 sorry punct 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 sorry nsubj 3 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 sorry cop 4 really really ADV _ 5 sorry advmod 5 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 » » PUNCT _ 5 sorry punct 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 listening cc 8 listening listen VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 sorry conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present I sorry property tree rules 2 listen gerund I not said here vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
Option 4 «At least he died a hero, so be happy»
punct case obl nsubj det obj punct advmod cop advcl punct root « PUNCT At ADP least ADJ he PRON died VERB a DET hero NOUN , PUNCT so ADV be AUX happy ADJ » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 died punct 2 At at ADP _ 3 least case 3 least least ADJ Degree=Sup 5 died obl 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 died nsubj 5 died die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 hero det 7 hero hero NOUN Number=Sing 5 died obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 happy punct 9 so so ADV _ 11 happy advmod 10 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 happy cop 11 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 5 died advcl 12 » » PUNCT _ 5 died punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 die in a quote past he a hero least tree rules 2 is in a quote infinitive he not said here happy property tree rules
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