Test 11 · ★★★ · When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do

Jade says, «I just kinda stopped talking to her, is that OK?» What is honest and kind?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jade, that · What happens: say, stop, talk, be · To what, where: her · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 61 «When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do» 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: Jade says, «I just kinda stopped talking to her, is that OK?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jade	jade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stopped	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 stopped	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 stopped	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 stopped	advmod
7	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	8 stopped	advmod
8	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
9	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stopped	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 talking	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 OK	punct
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 OK	cop
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 OK	nsubj
15	OK	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 OK	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 OK	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Jade			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	stop in a quote	past	Jade		kinda property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	talk in a quote	gerund	Jade not said here	her = she		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent
4	is in a quote	present	that		ok 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 is honest and kind?

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 kind	cc
5	kind	kind	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

No, and now she can never be friends with her again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 friends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 friends	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 friends	cc
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 friends	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 friends	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 friends	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 friends	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 friends	cop
9	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 friends	nmod
12	again	again	ADV	_	9 friends	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	can	she	friends			now; again	with her = she	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, it's always best to leave grieving people alone for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 best	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 best	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 best	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 best	advmod
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 leave	mark
8	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 best	csubj
9	grieving	grieve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 people	amod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 leave	obj
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	8 leave	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 good	case
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		always, good property	tree rules
2	leave	to-infinitive		grieving people	for good; alone property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Theme for good=Recipient
3	grieve	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It's understandable, but go back; «I'm here» is enough

The tree, 11 words

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	3 understandable	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 understandable	cop
3	understandable	understandable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 go	cc
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 understandable	conj
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 here	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 here	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 here	nsubj
11	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 here	cop
12	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 understandable	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 here	punct
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 enough	cop
15	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 understandable	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	understandable property	tree rules
2	go back	infinitive			vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
3	is in a quote	present	I	here property	tree rules
4	is	present		enough property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, because her friend has lots of other friends to help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 has	mark
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friend	nmod:poss
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 has	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 friends	case
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 friends	amod
10	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lots	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 help	mark
12	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 lots	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	her friend	lots of other friends					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient
2	help	to-infinitive	her friend not said here	lots of other friends not said here					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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