Test 8 · ★★ · Accidents, wars and deaths on the news
Molly sobs, «Is Dad gonna die at work?» What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Molly, Dad · What happens: sob, be, do · To what, where: work
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Molly sobs, «Is Dad gonna die at work?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molly | Molly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sobs | nsubj |
| 2 | sobs | sob | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 die | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 die | punct |
| 5 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 die | cop |
| 6 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 die | nsubj |
| 7 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 8 die | dep |
| 8 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sobs | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 work | case |
| 10 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 die | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 sobs | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 sobs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sob | present | Molly | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Dad | work | die 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: What should she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Molly | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ask Dad to never go to work again, ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 go | mark |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 go | advmod |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 work | mark |
| 7 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 go | xcomp |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 work | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 ever | punct |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 1 Ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | Dad | ever | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | not go not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | work | to-infinitive | you not said here | again | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Ask Dad how firefighters stay safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 stay | advmod |
| 4 | firefighters | firefighter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stay | nsubj |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ask | advcl |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | Dad | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | stay | present | firefighters | safe property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Watch every single fire on the news, to check on him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 fire | det |
| 3 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fire | amod |
| 4 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Watch | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 news | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 news | det |
| 7 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Watch | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 check | punct |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 check | mark |
| 10 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Watch | conj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 him | case |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 check | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | imperative | you not said here | every single fire | the news | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme | |||
| 2 | check | to-infinitive | you not said here | on him = he | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on he=Location |
Option 4
Hide Dad's uniform so that he can't go to work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 uniform | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Dad | case |
| 4 | uniform | uniform | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hide | obj |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 10 go | mark |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 so | fixed |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 go | nsubj |
| 8 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 go | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 go | advmod |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Hide | advcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 work | mark |
| 12 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 go | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | Dad's uniform | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uniform=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not go | can | Dad | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | work | to-infinitive | Dad not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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