Test 8 · ★ · Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembranc…
Vasyl's mate asks, «Why bring Easter eggs to dead people, are they hungry?» What is the true answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, eggs, true answer · What happens: ask, bring, be · To what, where: Easter eggs, dead people · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 64 «Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembrance Day and the poppy» 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: Vasyl's mate asks, «Why bring Easter eggs to dead people, are they hungry?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasyl | Vasyl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Vasyl | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bring | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 bring | punct |
| 7 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 bring | advmod |
| 8 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asks | ccomp |
| 9 | Easter | Easter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 eggs | compound |
| 10 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bring | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 people | case |
| 12 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 people | amod |
| 13 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bring | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 hungry | punct |
| 15 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 hungry | cop |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 hungry | nsubj |
| 17 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bring | conj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Vasyl's mate | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | bring in a quote | infinitive | Easter eggs | dead people | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme to people=Destination | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | eggs = egg | hungry 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 the true answer?
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 | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the true answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, the dead eat them at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 eat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 eat | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dead | det |
| 4 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 eat | nsubj |
| 5 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 eat | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 eat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | the dead | them = they | night | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 2
It is a prank on the gravediggers
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 | 4 prank | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 prank | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 prank | det |
| 4 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 gravediggers | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gravediggers | det |
| 7 | gravediggers | gravedigger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 prank | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a prank | the gravediggers | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The eggs are a sign of new life and resurrection, a way of remembering
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 eggs | det |
| 2 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sign | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sign | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sign | det |
| 5 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 life | amod |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sign | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 resurrection | cc |
| 10 | resurrection | resurrection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 life | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 way | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 way | det |
| 13 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sign | conj |
| 14 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 15 remembering | mark |
| 15 | remembering | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 way | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the eggs | a sign and a way | of new life and resurrection | tree rules | |||
| 2 | remember | gerund | a way not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It is to feed the cemetery birds
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 | 4 feed | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 feed | cop |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 feed | mark |
| 4 | feed | feed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 birds | det |
| 6 | cemetery | cemetery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 birds | compound |
| 7 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 feed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | feed property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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