Test 11 · The church funeral

Mia's big brother says, «Mum's not crying, she's got no heart.» What is fair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big brother, Mum · What happens: say, not cry, get, be · To what, where: heart · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 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: Mia's big brother says, «Mum's not crying, she's got no heart.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 brother	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mia	case
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brother	amod
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 crying	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 crying	punct
8	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 crying	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 crying	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 crying	advmod
11	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 says	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 got	punct
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 got	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 got	aux
15	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 says	ccomp
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 heart	det
17	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 got	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 got	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mia's big brother		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not cry speech: express in a quote	present · progressive	Mum		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get in a quote	present · passive	Mum	no heart	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer heart=Stimulus

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 fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 fair	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	cop
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Only people who cry in front of everyone are truly sad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 people	advmod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sad	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 cry	nsubj
4	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 people	acl:relcl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 front	case
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cry	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 everyone	case
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 front	nmod
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sad	cop
10	truly	truly	ADV	_	11 sad	advmod
11	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present	people			front of everyone			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location
2	is	present	people					sad, truly property	tree rules

Option 2

He's right; she didn't really love Grandad as much as they did

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 love	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 love	nsubj
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 love	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 love	advmod
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 love	advmod
9	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	parataxis
10	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 love	obj
11	as	as	ADV	_	12 much	advmod
12	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 love	obj
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 did	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 did	nsubj
15	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 much	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	not love	past · do-support	she	Grandad		tree rules
3	do	past	they			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Mum is not allowed to cry at the funeral, because of the rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cry	mark
6	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 funeral	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 funeral	det
9	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cry	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rules	punct
11	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	14 rules	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 because	fixed
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rules	det
14	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Mum					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	cry speech: express not said to happen	to-infinitive	Mum not said here			the funeral			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

People grieve differently; Mum may cry later or in private

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grieve	nsubj
2	grieve	grieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	differently	differently	ADV	_	2 grieve	advmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 cry	punct
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cry	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 cry	aux
7	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 grieve	parataxis
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 cry	advmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 private	cc
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 private	case
11	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grieve	present	People					differently property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	cry speech: express	may	Mum					late property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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