Test 3 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb
A teacher says formally, «Grief is frequently experienced in waves.» Which scene fits best?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, Grief, scene · What happens: say, be, fit · To what, where: waves · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: A teacher says formally, «Grief is frequently experienced in waves.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | formally | formally | ADV | _ | 3 says | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 experienced | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 experienced | punct |
| 7 | Grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 experienced | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 experienced | cop |
| 9 | frequently | frequently | ADV | _ | 10 experienced | advmod |
| 10 | experienced | experienced | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 waves | case |
| 12 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 experienced | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 experienced | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 experienced | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a teacher | formally property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Grief | waves | experienced, frequently 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: Which scene fits best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 scene | det |
| 2 | scene | scene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fits | nsubj |
| 3 | fits | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | best | well | ADV | Degree=Sup | 3 fits | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fit | present | which scene | well property | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Feeling happy all the time after a death, as if nothing happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Feeling | xcomp |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 time | det:predet |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 time | det |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Feeling | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 death | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 death | det |
| 8 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Feeling | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 happened | punct |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 happened | mark |
| 11 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 happened | mark |
| 12 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 13 happened | nsubj |
| 13 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | gerund | after a death; time | happy property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Crying once at the funeral, never again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Crying | advmod |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 funeral | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 funeral | det |
| 5 | funeral | funeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Crying | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 again | punct |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 again | advmod |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Crying | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | gerund | the funeral | again | once property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Feeling fine, then crying when a song plays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Feeling | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 crying | punct |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 crying | advmod |
| 5 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Feeling | conj |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 plays | mark |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 song | det |
| 8 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 plays | nsubj |
| 9 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 crying | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | gerund | fine property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | gerund | then | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | play | present | a song | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Feeling exactly the same, heavy sadness every single minute
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 7 sadness | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sadness | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sadness | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 same | punct |
| 6 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sadness | amod |
| 7 | sadness | sadness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Feeling | obl |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 minute | det |
| 9 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 minute | amod |
| 10 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Feeling | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | gerund | the same heavy sadness | minute | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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