Test 11 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb
«Ah'm proper mardy and ah keep crying, is summat wrong wi' me?» asks Leo from Yorkshire (mardy = grumpy, summat = something). Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo · What happens: be, keep, cry, ask · To what, where: summat wrong wi · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 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: «Ah'm proper mardy and ah keep crying, is summat wrong wi' me?» asks Leo from Yorkshire (mardy = grumpy, summat = something).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 mardy | punct |
| 2 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 5 mardy | discourse |
| 3 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mardy | cop |
| 4 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 5 mardy | advmod |
| 5 | mardy | mardy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 asks | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ah | cc |
| 7 | ah | ah | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mardy | conj |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mardy | parataxis |
| 9 | crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 keep | xcomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 wi | punct |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 wi | cop |
| 12 | summat | summat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 wi | compound |
| 13 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 wi | amod |
| 14 | wi | wi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mardy | parataxis |
| 15 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 me | punct |
| 16 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 wi | conj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mardy | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 mardy | punct |
| 19 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 asks | obj |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 Yorkshire | case |
| 22 | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 mardy | obl |
| 23 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 24 mardy | punct |
| 24 | mardy | mardy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 asks | conj |
| 25 | = | = | SYM | _ | 26 grumpy | case |
| 26 | grumpy | grumpy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 mardy | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 summat | punct |
| 28 | summat | summat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 mardy | parataxis |
| 29 | = | = | SYM | _ | 30 something | punct |
| 30 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 28 summat | appos |
| 31 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 30 something | punct |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | mardy, properly property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | be in a quote | tree rules | |||||||
| 3 | keep in a quote | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | cry speech: express in a quote | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | is a in a quote | present | summat wrong wi | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | ask speech: ask | present | Leo | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: 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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 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
He should hide his feelings from everyone, even his mum
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 hide | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hide | aux |
| 3 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 feelings | nmod:poss |
| 5 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hide | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 everyone | case |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 hide | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 mum | punct |
| 9 | even | even | ADV | _ | 11 mum | advmod |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mum | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 everyone | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | should | He | his feelings | everyone | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient from everyone=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Yes, he should be taken to hospital straight away tonight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 taken | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 taken | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 taken | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 taken | aux:pass |
| 6 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 hospital | case |
| 8 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 taken | obl |
| 9 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 10 away | advmod |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 taken | advmod |
| 11 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 taken | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | should · passive | he | hospital | tonight | away property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hospital=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nothing's wrong; grief can make you grumpy and teary
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 make | punct |
| 5 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 make | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 make | aux |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wrong | parataxis |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 make | obj |
| 9 | grumpy | grumpy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 make | xcomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 teary | cc |
| 11 | teary | teary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 grumpy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | can | grief | you | grumpy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |
Option 4
Yes, crying this much is dangerous for a boy his age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 crying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 dangerous | csubj |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 much | det |
| 5 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 crying | obj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 dangerous | cop |
| 7 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 boy | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 boy | det |
| 10 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dangerous | obl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 age | nmod:poss |
| 12 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 boy | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | gerund | this much | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is | present | crying | for a boy; dangerous 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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