Test 6 · ★★ · Accidents, wars and deaths on the news Isla's brother says, «Why's everyone crying? They didn't even know her, it's cringe.» Which reply is kindest and true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, everyone, They, it, reply · What happens: say, cry, not know, be · To what, where: Isla, cringe · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Isla's brother says, «Why's everyone crying?
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct advmod aux nsubj ccomp punct root Isla PROPN 's PART brother NOUN says VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT Why ADV 's AUX everyone PRON crying VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Isla Isla PROPN Number=Sing 3 brother nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Isla case 3 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 10 crying punct 6 « « PUNCT _ 10 crying punct 7 Why why ADV PronType=Int 10 crying advmod 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 crying aux 9 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 10 crying nsubj 10 crying cry VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 says ccomp 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: ask present Isla's brother vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 cry speech: express in a quote present · progressive everyone vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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: They didn't even know her, it's cringe.»
nsubj aux advmod advmod obj punct nsubj cop parataxis punct punct root They PRON did AUX n't PART even ADV know VERB her PRON , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX cringe NOUN . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 know nsubj 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 know aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 know advmod 4 even even ADV _ 5 know advmod 5 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 know obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 cringe punct 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 cringe nsubj 9 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 cringe cop 10 cringe cringe NOUN Number=Sing 5 know parataxis 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 know punct 12 » » PUNCT _ 5 know punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not know past · do-support They Isla vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus 2 is a present it cringe tree rules
Sentence 3: Which reply is kindest and true?
det nsubj cop cc conj punct root Which DET reply NOUN is AUX kindest ADJ and CCONJ true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which DET PronType=Int 2 reply det 2 reply reply NOUN Number=Sing 4 kindest nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 kindest cop 4 kindest kind ADJ Degree=Sup root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 true cc 6 true true ADJ Degree=Pos 4 kindest conj 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 kindest punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present which reply kind property tree rules 2 be which reply not said here tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice They were only crying because all the shops were shut for the day of the funeral
The tree, 16 words nsubj aux advmod mark det:predet det nsubj cop ccomp case det obl case det nmod root They PRON were AUX only ADV crying VERB because SCONJ all DET the DET shops NOUN were AUX shut ADJ for ADP the DET day NOUN of ADP the DET funeral NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 crying nsubj 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 crying aux 3 only only ADV _ 4 crying advmod 4 crying cry VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 because because SCONJ _ 10 shut mark 6 all all DET PronType=Tot 8 shops det:predet 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 shops det 8 shops shop NOUN Number=Plur 10 shut nsubj 9 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 shut cop 10 shut shut ADJ Degree=Pos 4 crying ccomp 11 for for ADP _ 13 day case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 day det 13 day day NOUN Number=Sing 10 shut obl 14 of of ADP _ 16 funeral case 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 funeral det 16 funeral funeral NOUN Number=Sing 13 day nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cry speech: express past · progressive They vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is past all shops day shut property tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Grief for a famous person is real, though different from losing family
nsubj case det amod nmod cop punct mark parataxis mark advcl obj root Grief NOUN for ADP a DET famous ADJ person NOUN is AUX real ADJ , PUNCT though SCONJ different ADJ from SCONJ losing VERB family NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grief grief NOUN Number=Sing 7 real nsubj 2 for for ADP _ 5 person case 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 person det 4 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 5 person amod 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing 1 Grief nmod 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 real cop 7 real real ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 different punct 9 though though SCONJ _ 10 different mark 10 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 7 real parataxis 11 from from SCONJ _ 12 losing mark 12 losing lose VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 different advcl 13 family family NOUN Number=Sing 12 losing obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Grief for a famous person real property tree rules 2 lose gerund Grief for a famous person not said here family vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Eventuality
Option 3 He's right, and the people who cried should all be ashamed of themselves
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop punct cc det nsubj nsubj acl:relcl aux advmod cop conj case obl root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT and CCONJ the DET people NOUN who PRON cried VERB should AUX all ADV be AUX ashamed ADJ of ADP themselves PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 13 ashamed punct 5 and and CCONJ _ 13 ashamed cc 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 people det 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 13 ashamed nsubj 8 who who PRON PronType=Rel 9 cried nsubj 9 cried cry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 people acl:relcl 10 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 ashamed aux 11 all all ADV _ 13 ashamed advmod 12 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 13 ashamed cop 13 ashamed ashamed ADJ Degree=Pos 3 right conj 14 of of ADP _ 15 themselves case 15 themselves themselves PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 13 ashamed obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 cry speech: express past the people vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is should the people of people; all, ashamed property tree rules
Option 4 People were told to cry by the King, so they had to do as they were told
The tree, 17 words nsubj:pass aux:pass mark xcomp case det obl punct advmod nsubj parataxis mark xcomp mark nsubj:pass aux:pass advcl root People NOUN were AUX told VERB to PART cry VERB by ADP the DET King PROPN , PUNCT so ADV they PRON had VERB to PART do VERB as SCONJ they PRON were AUX told VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 People people NOUN Number=Plur 3 told nsubj:pass 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 told aux:pass 3 told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 to to PART _ 5 cry mark 5 cry cry VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 told xcomp 6 by by ADP _ 8 King case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 King det 8 King King PROPN Number=Sing 5 cry obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 had punct 10 so so ADV _ 12 had advmod 11 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 had nsubj 12 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 told parataxis 13 to to PART _ 14 do mark 14 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 had xcomp 15 as as SCONJ _ 18 told mark 16 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 told nsubj:pass 17 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 18 told aux:pass 18 told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 14 do advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert past · passive People vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic 2 cry speech: express not said to happen to-infinitive People not said here by the King vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by king=Location 3 have past People tree rules 4 do to-infinitive People not said here vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 tell speech: assert past · passive People vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
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