Test 10 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb

«Writing to grandad when he can't read it is lowkey delulu,» says Freddie's big sister (lowkey = a bit, delulu = deluded). Fair answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, Writing, big sister · What happens: not read, be, say, delude · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 66 «Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb» 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: «Writing to grandad when he can't read it is lowkey delulu,» says Freddie's big sister (lowkey = a bit, delulu = deluded).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Writing	punct
2	Writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 says	ccomp
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 grandad	case
4	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Writing	nmod
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 read	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 read	nsubj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 read	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 read	advmod
9	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Writing	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lowkey	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 lowkey	cop
12	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 read	ccomp
13	delulu	delulu	X	Foreign=Yes	12 lowkey	flat:foreign
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Writing	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 says	punct
16	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	Freddie	Freddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 sister	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Freddie	case
19	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 sister	amod
20	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 says	obj
21	(	(	PUNCT	_	22 lowkey	punct
22	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sister	appos
23	=	=	SYM	_	25 bit	punct
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 bit	det
25	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 lowkey	appos
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 delulu	punct
27	delulu	delulu	X	Foreign=Yes	25 bit	conj
28	=	=	SYM	_	29 deluded	punct
29	deluded	delude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 delulu	conj
30	)	)	PUNCT	_	22 lowkey	punct
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not read in a quote	can	he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Writing	lowkey property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	Freddie's big sister		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	delude	participle	Freddie's big sister not said here		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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: Fair answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 answer	amod
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Grandad will read it while Freddie sleeps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 read	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 read	aux
3	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 read	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 sleeps	mark
6	Freddie	Freddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sleeps	nsubj
7	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 read	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	future	Grandad	it					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	sleep	present	Freddie						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It has to be posted to the cemetery, or it won't work

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 posted	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 posted	aux:pass
5	posted	post	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 has	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 cemetery	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cemetery	det
8	cemetery	cemetery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 posted	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 work	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 work	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 work	nsubj
12	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 work	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 work	advmod
14	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	have	present	It		tree rules
2	post	to-infinitive · passive		the cemetery	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to cemetery=Destination
3	not work	future	cemetery		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She's right; it is pointless and a bit silly, really

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	_	7 pointless	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 pointless	expl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 pointless	cop
7	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	parataxis
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 silly	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bit	det
10	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 silly	obl:unmarked
11	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 really	punct
13	really	really	ADV	_	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	She		right property	tree rules
2	is	present			pointless property	tree rules
3	be		She not said here	a bit		tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The letter is for Freddie, to let feelings out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 letter	det
2	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Freddie	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Freddie	cop
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 Freddie	case
5	Freddie	Freddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 let	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 let	mark
8	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 Freddie	parataxis
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 let	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	8 let	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the letter					for Freddie	tree rules
2	let out	to-infinitive		feelings					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme

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