Test 2 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb
«Sienna's acting mad sus since her uncle died, like a robot, no cap,» says a girl in Ohio (sus = fishy, no cap = no lie). What's the kind reading?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sienna, uncle, girl, kind reading · What happens: act, die, say, be · To what, where: mad sus · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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: «Sienna's acting mad sus since her uncle died, like a robot, no cap,» says a girl in Ohio (sus = fishy, no cap = no lie).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 acting | punct |
| 2 | Sienna | Sienna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 acting | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 acting | aux |
| 4 | acting | act | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 says | ccomp |
| 5 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sus | amod |
| 6 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 acting | obj |
| 7 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 10 died | mark |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 9 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 died | nsubj |
| 10 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 acting | advcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 robot | punct |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 robot | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 robot | det |
| 14 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 died | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 cap | punct |
| 16 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 17 cap | det |
| 17 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 robot | appos |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 acting | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 acting | punct |
| 20 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 girl | det |
| 22 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 says | nsubj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 Ohio | case |
| 24 | Ohio | Ohio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 girl | nmod |
| 25 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 26 sus | punct |
| 26 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 girl | appos |
| 27 | = | = | SYM | _ | 28 fishy | punct |
| 28 | fishy | fishy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 sus | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 cap | punct |
| 30 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 31 cap | det |
| 31 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 sus | conj |
| 32 | = | = | SYM | _ | 34 lie | punct |
| 33 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 34 lie | det |
| 34 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 sus | conj |
| 35 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 26 sus | punct |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act in a quote | present · progressive | Sienna | mad sus | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent sus=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | die in a quote | past | Sienna's uncle | like a robot | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | a girl in Ohio | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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's the kind reading?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reading | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reading | amod |
| 5 | reading | reading | 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 kind reading | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She never liked her uncle at all
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 liked | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 liked | advmod |
| 3 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 5 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 liked | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 liked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | past | She | her uncle | all | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot uncle=Theme |
Option 2
She is hiding something bad about him
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 hiding | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hiding | aux |
| 3 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 hiding | obj |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 something | amod |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hiding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present · progressive | She | something | about him = he | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent something=Patient about he=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Numbness is a normal reaction to a shock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Numbness | numbness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reaction | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reaction | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 reaction | det |
| 4 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reaction | amod |
| 5 | reaction | reaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 shock | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 shock | det |
| 8 | shock | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reaction | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Numbness | a normal reaction | to a shock | tree rules |
Option 4
She is ill and needs an ambulance
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 ill | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ill | cop |
| 3 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 needs | cc |
| 5 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ill | conj |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 ambulance | det |
| 7 | ambulance | ambulance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | ill property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | She not said here | a ambulance | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ambulance=Theme |
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