Test 2 · ★★ · How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming an… Lily, puzzled, says, «They clean graves? That's like housework for dead people.» What is the respectful reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lily, They, That, respectful reply · What happens: say, grave, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 65 «How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming and more» 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: Lily, puzzled, says, «They clean graves?
nsubj punct amod punct punct punct nsubj amod ccomp punct root Lily PROPN , PUNCT puzzled ADJ , PUNCT says VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT They PRON clean ADJ graves NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lily Lily PROPN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 puzzled punct 3 puzzled puzzled ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Lily amod 4 , , PUNCT _ 1 Lily punct 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 graves punct 7 « « PUNCT _ 10 graves punct 8 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 graves nsubj 9 clean clean ADJ Degree=Pos 10 graves amod 10 graves grave NOUN Number=Plur 5 says ccomp 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: ask present Lily vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 grave in a quote They 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: That's like housework for dead people.»
nsubj cop case case amod nmod punct punct root That PRON 's AUX like ADP housework NOUN for ADP dead ADJ people NOUN . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 housework nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 housework cop 3 like like ADP _ 4 housework case 4 housework housework NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 for for ADP _ 7 people case 6 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 7 people amod 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 4 housework nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 housework punct 9 » » PUNCT _ 4 housework punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present That like housework; for dead people tree rules
Sentence 3: What is the respectful reply?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET respectful ADJ reply NOUN ? PUNCT 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 reply det 4 respectful respectful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 reply amod 5 reply reply 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 respectful reply tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Caring for graves shows respect for the family's ancestors
csubj case obl obj case det nmod:poss case nmod root Caring VERB for ADP graves NOUN shows VERB respect NOUN for ADP the DET family NOUN 's PART ancestors NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Caring care VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 shows csubj 2 for for ADP _ 3 graves case 3 graves grave NOUN Number=Plur 1 Caring obl 4 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 respect respect NOUN Number=Sing 4 shows obj 6 for for ADP _ 10 ancestors case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 family det 8 family family NOUN Number=Sing 10 ancestors nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 family case 10 ancestors ancestor NOUN Number=Plur 5 respect nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 care gerund for graves vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for grave=Theme 2 show present Caring respect for the family's ancestors vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient
Option 2 It's done to stop ghosts escaping
nsubj:pass aux mark advcl obj xcomp root It PRON 's AUX done VERB to PART stop VERB ghosts NOUN escaping VERB 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 3 done nsubj:pass 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 done aux 3 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 to to PART _ 5 stop mark 5 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 done advcl 6 ghosts ghost NOUN Number=Plur 5 stop obj 7 escaping escape VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 stop xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present · passive It vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality 2 stop to-infinitive ghosts tree rules 3 escape gerund vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 They clean them so the old graves can be sold to new families who need one
The tree, 16 words nsubj obj mark det amod nsubj:pass aux aux:pass advcl case amod obl nsubj acl:relcl obj root They PRON clean VERB them PRON so SCONJ the DET old ADJ graves NOUN can AUX be AUX sold VERB to ADP new ADJ families NOUN who PRON need VERB one NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 clean nsubj 2 clean clean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 clean obj 4 so so SCONJ _ 10 sold mark 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 graves det 6 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 7 graves amod 7 graves grave NOUN Number=Plur 10 sold nsubj:pass 8 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 sold aux 9 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 10 sold aux:pass 10 sold sell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 clean advcl 11 to to ADP _ 13 families case 12 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 13 families amod 13 families family NOUN Number=Plur 10 sold obl 14 who who PRON PronType=Rel 15 need nsubj 15 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 families acl:relcl 16 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 15 need obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 clean present They them = they vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient 2 sell can · passive the old graves new families vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to family=Recipient 3 need present new families one vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme
Option 4 It's a punishment for naughty children
nsubj cop det case amod nmod root It PRON 's AUX a DET punishment NOUN for ADP naughty ADJ children NOUN 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 punishment nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 punishment cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 punishment det 4 punishment punishment NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 for for ADP _ 7 children case 6 naughty naughty ADJ Degree=Pos 7 children amod 7 children child NOUN Number=Plur 4 punishment nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It a punishment for naughty children tree rules
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