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Test 4 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb

«Ma wee bairn's been greetin' every nicht since her grandda went,» says Ellie's Scottish aunt (bairn = child, greetin' = crying). What should the family do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: wee bairn, grandda, Scottish aunt, family · What happens: be, go, say, cry, do · To what, where: greetin, nicht · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 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: «Ma wee bairn's been greetin' every nicht since her grandda went,» says Ellie's Scottish aunt (bairn = child, greetin' = crying).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 greetin	punct
2	Ma	ma	DET	Number=Sing Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bairn	nmod:poss
3	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bairn	amod
4	bairn	bairn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 greetin	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 greetin	cop
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 greetin	cop
7	greetin	greetin	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 says	ccomp
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 greetin	punct
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 nicht	det
10	nicht	nicht	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 says	nsubj
11	since	since	SCONJ	_	14 went	mark
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 grandda	nmod:poss
13	grandda	grandda	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 went	nsubj
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 nicht	acl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 went	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 went	punct
17	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 aunt	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Ellie	case
20	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 aunt	amod
21	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 says	obj
22	(	(	PUNCT	_	23 bairn	punct
23	bairn	bairn	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 aunt	appos
24	=	=	SYM	_	25 child	punct
25	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 bairn	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 greetin	punct
27	greetin	greetin	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 bairn	appos
28	'	'	PUNCT	_	27 greetin	punct
29	=	=	SYM	_	30 crying	punct
30	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 bairn	conj
31	)	)	PUNCT	_	23 bairn	punct
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Ma's wee bairn	greetin					tree rules
2	go in a quote	past	nicht's grandda	every nicht not said here					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nicht=Theme
3	say speech: assert	present	Ellie's Scottish aunt						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	cry speech: express	gerund	Ellie's Scottish aunt not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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: What should the family do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	the family						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Send her to bed early as a punishment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Send	iobj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 bed	case
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Send	obl
5	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Send	advmod
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 punishment	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 punishment	det
8	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Send	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	imperative	you not said here		her = she	bed		as a punishment; early property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bed=Destination

Option 2

Pretend not to notice anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 notice	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 notice	mark
4	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pretend	xcomp
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 notice	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	not notice	to-infinitive	you not said here	anything					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Let her cry and stay close to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 stay	cc
5	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	conj
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stay	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	her = she					tree rules
2	cry speech: express	infinitive	her = she not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stay	infinitive	you not said here					close property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Tell her to stop greetin' at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	greetin	greetin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stop	obj
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 greetin	punct
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	greetin					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality greetin=Eventuality

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