Test 10 · The church funeral

A cartoon shows a grandad sitting up in his coffin and waving at his funeral. What is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, grandad, truth · What happens: show, sit up, wave, be · To what, where: grandad, coffin, funeral

This is test 10 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: A cartoon shows a grandad sitting up in his coffin and waving at his funeral.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cartoon	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 grandad	det
5	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 grandad	acl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 sitting	compound:prt
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 coffin	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 coffin	nmod:poss
10	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sitting	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 waving	cc
12	waving	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 sitting	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 funeral	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 funeral	nmod:poss
15	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 waving	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon	a grandad		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grandad=Recipient
2	sit up	gerund	a grandad not said here		cartoon's coffin	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in coffin=Location
3	wave	gerund	a grandad not said here		cartoon's funeral	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location

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 the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It happens at every funeral, but grown-ups never mention it

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	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 funeral	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 funeral	det
5	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 happens	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mention	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 mention	cc
8	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 ups	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 grown	punct
10	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 mention	nsubj
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 mention	advmod
12	mention	mention	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 happens	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 mention	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	happen	present	It		every funeral	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location
2	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not mention speech: other	present	grown ups	funeral		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2

Only grandads can do that, because they are so old and wise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 grandads	advmod
2	grandads	grandad	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 do	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 do	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 old	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 old	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 old	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 old	cop
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 old	advmod
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 do	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wise	cc
13	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 old	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	can	grandads	that		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality
2	is	present	grandads = grandad		old property	tree rules
3	be		grandads = grandad not said here			tree rules

Option 3

Dead people can sit up and wave if the music is loud enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sit	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sit	aux
4	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 sit	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wave	cc
7	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sit	conj
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 loud	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 music	det
10	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 loud	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 loud	cop
12	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wave	advcl
13	enough	enough	ADV	_	12 loud	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	sit up	can	Dead people		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wave	present	Dead people not said here		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the music	enough, loud property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The person has died and cannot sit up or wave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 died	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 died	aux
4	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sit	cc
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sit	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 sit	advmod
8	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 died	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 sit	compound:prt
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 wave	cc
11	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 died	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	die	present · perfect	the person	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	not sit up	can	the person not said here	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wave	present	the person not said here	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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