Test 8 · The church funeral

The four-year-old shouts about McDonald's and Sophie says, «OMG he's so embarrassing.» What is a kind answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: year old, McDonald, Sophie · What happens: shout, say, be · To what, where: kind answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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: The four-year-old shouts about McDonald's and Sophie says, «OMG he's so embarrassing.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 old	det
2	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 year	nummod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 four	punct
4	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 old	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 year	punct
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shouts	nsubj
7	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	about	about	SCONJ	_	13 says	mark
9	McDonald	McDonald	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
10	's	's	PART	_	9 McDonald	case
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Sophie	cc
12	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 McDonald	conj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 shouts	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 embarrassing	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 embarrassing	punct
16	OMG	omg	INTJ	_	20 embarrassing	discourse
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 embarrassing	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 embarrassing	cop
19	so	so	ADV	_	20 embarrassing	advmod
20	embarrassing	embarrassing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 says	ccomp
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 shouts	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 shouts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	the year old		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	McDonald and Sophie		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	Sophie	embarrassing 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 a kind answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 answer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 answer	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 answer	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He has ruined the whole funeral for everyone, and they'll all remember it

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 ruined	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ruined	aux
3	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 funeral	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 funeral	amod
6	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ruined	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 everyone	case
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 ruined	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 remember	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 remember	cc
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 remember	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 remember	aux
13	all	all	ADV	_	14 remember	advmod
14	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ruined	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 remember	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ruin	present · perfect	He	the whole funeral				for everyone	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent funeral=Patient
2	remember	future	they	funeral				all property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Nobody is cross; small children say things like that, and people smiled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 cross	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	cop
3	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 children	amod
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	conj
8	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 say	obj
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 that	case
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 things	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 smiled	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 smiled	cc
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 smiled	nsubj
14	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nobody		cross property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	small children	things	like that	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
3	smile	past	people			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He should be taken home at once and not allowed back in

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	4 taken	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 taken	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 taken	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 allowed	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 allowed	advmod
10	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 taken	conj
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 allowed	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	10 allowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	should · passive		He				home property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at once=Asset
2	not allow back	participle							vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 4

He must go up and say sorry to the coffin in front of everyone

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 go	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 go	aux
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 go	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 go	conj
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 say	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 coffin	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 coffin	det
10	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sorry	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 front	case
12	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 everyone	case
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	must	He					in front of everyone	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in front=Attribute
2	say speech: apologize	infinitive	He not said here					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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