Test 1 · The church funeral
Ellie's little cousin whispers, «Is Grandad cold in the box?» What is gentle and true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little cousin, Grandad · What happens: whisper, be · To what, where: box · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 62 «The church funeral» 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: Ellie's little cousin whispers, «Is Grandad cold in the box?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ellie | case |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cousin | amod |
| 4 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whispers | nsubj |
| 5 | whispers | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cold | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 cold | punct |
| 8 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 cold | cop |
| 9 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 cold | nsubj |
| 10 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 whispers | ccomp |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 box | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 box | det |
| 13 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cold | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 cold | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 whispers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: ask | present | Ellie's little cousin | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Grandad | the box | cold 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 gentle and true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 gentle | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 gentle | cop |
| 3 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 true | cc |
| 5 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gentle | conj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 gentle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | gentle property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | be | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, and he really wants to come out of the box now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 wants | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 wants | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 wants | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wants | nsubj |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 wants | advmod |
| 6 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 come | mark |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 wants | xcomp |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 box | case |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 box | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 box | det |
| 12 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 come | obl |
| 13 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | come out not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the box | now | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient box=Result |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
His body can't feel cold or anything any more
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 body | nmod:poss |
| 2 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feel | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 feel | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 feel | advmod |
| 5 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feel | xcomp |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 anything | cc |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 cold | conj |
| 9 | any | any | ADV | _ | 10 more | advmod |
| 10 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 feel | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not feel | can | His body | cold property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
No, because the box has a little heater inside it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 has | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 has | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 box | det |
| 5 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 heater | det |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 heater | amod |
| 9 | heater | heater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | obj |
| 10 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 heater | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the box | a little heater | heater | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heater=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, so we should give him a warm blanket in there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 give | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 give | advmod |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 give | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 give | aux |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 give | iobj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 blanket | det |
| 9 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 blanket | amod |
| 10 | blanket | blanket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 there | case |
| 12 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | should | we | a warm blanket | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient blanket=Theme |
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