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Test 5 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb

«Stop blubbing, boys don't cry, sort yourself out,» snaps an older cousin at Oscar. What is true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boys · What happens: stop, blubb, not cry, sort out, snap, be · To what, where: yourself, older cousin, Oscar · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 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: «Stop blubbing, boys don't cry, sort yourself out,» snaps an older cousin at Oscar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Stop	punct
2	Stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 snaps	ccomp
3	blubbing	blubb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 Stop	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cry	punct
5	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cry	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cry	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 cry	advmod
8	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Stop	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sort	punct
10	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 cry	conj
11	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 sort	obj
12	out	out	ADP	_	10 sort	compound:prt
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Stop	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Stop	punct
15	snaps	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 cousin	det
17	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	18 cousin	amod
18	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 snaps	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 Oscar	case
20	Oscar	Oscar	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 cousin	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 snaps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop in a quote	infinitive							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	blubb in a quote	gerund							tree rules
3	not cry speech: express in a quote	present · do-support	boys						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	sort out in a quote	infinitive	boys not said here	yourself					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme
5	snap	present		a older cousin		Oscar			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: What is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Crying only makes the sadness last much, much longer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 makes	csubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 makes	advmod
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sadness	det
5	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	last	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 makes	xcomp
7	much	much	ADV	_	6 last	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 longer	punct
9	much	much	ADV	_	10 longer	advmod
10	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present	Crying	the sadness					tree rules
3	last	present	the sadness not said here						vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Oscar should go and hide until he has stopped crying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oscar	Oscar	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 go	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 go	aux
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hide	cc
5	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 go	conj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 stopped	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stopped	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stopped	aux
9	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 go	advcl
10	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 stopped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	should	Oscar						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hide	infinitive	Oscar not said here						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stop	present · perfect	Oscar						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	cry speech: express	gerund	Oscar not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The cousin is right; tears are really only for girls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cousin	det
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 girls	punct
6	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 girls	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 girls	cop
8	really	really	ADV	_	11 girls	advmod
9	only	only	ADV	_	11 girls	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 girls	case
11	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the cousin					right property	tree rules
2	is	present	tears					for girls	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Boys and men cry too; it's human, not weak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cry	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 men	cc
3	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Boys	conj
4	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	too	too	ADV	_	4 cry	advmod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 cry	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 human	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 human	cop
9	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cry	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 weak	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 weak	advmod
12	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present	Boys and men						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it					human property	tree rules

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