Test 8 · ★★★ · When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do

Lily's teacher, formally: «Those of you who wish may prepare a card for another person dear to you.» Why does she say this?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Those, person · What happens: wish, prepare, say · To what, where: card, this · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Lily's teacher, formally: «Those of you who wish may prepare a card for another person dear to you.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Lily	case
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 formally	punct
5	formally	formally	ADV	_	3 teacher	advmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 prepare	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 prepare	punct
8	Those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	14 prepare	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 you	case
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 Those	nmod
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 wish	nsubj
12	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Those	acl:relcl
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 prepare	aux
14	prepare	prepare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 teacher	parataxis
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 card	det
16	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 prepare	obj
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 person	case
18	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	19 person	det
19	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 prepare	obl
20	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 prepare	conj
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 you	case
22	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 dear	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 teacher	punct
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 teacher	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish in a quote	present							vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	prepare in a quote	may	Those	a card				for another person	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent card=Product for person=Beneficiary

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: Why does she say this?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 say	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 say	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	person	this					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Because Mother's Day has been cancelled across the country by law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	7 cancelled	mark
2	Mother	Mother	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Day	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Mother	case
4	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cancelled	nsubj:pass
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cancelled	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 cancelled	aux:pass
7	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 country	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 country	det
10	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cancelled	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 law	case
12	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cancelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cancel	present · perfect · passive	law	Mother's Day		the country			tree rules

Option 2

Because only grown-ups may get cards, not children at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	7 get	mark
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 grown	advmod
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ups	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 grown	punct
5	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 get	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 get	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 children	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 children	advmod
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cards	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 school	case
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	may	grown ups	cards and children		school			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent card=Theme at school=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

So Lily and others can still take part on a hard day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	7 take	advmod
2	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 take	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 others	cc
4	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Lily	conj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 take	aux
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 take	advmod
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 day	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 day	det
11	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 day	amod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	can	Lily and others	part			still; day		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme

Option 4

Because Lily is not allowed to make any card at all this year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 allowed	mark
2	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 allowed	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 allowed	advmod
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 allowed	xcomp
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 card	det
9	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 year	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 year	det:predet
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 year	det
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Lily					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	Lily not said here	any card			year		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset card=Product

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