Test 7 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb
In a cartoon, a girl's grandad dies, and in the next scene she laughs and never mentions him again. What's more like real life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad, girl · What happens: die, laugh, not mention, be · To what, where: grandad
This is test 7 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: In a cartoon, a girl's grandad dies, and in the next scene she laughs and never mentions him again.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dies | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 girl | case |
| 8 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dies | nsubj |
| 9 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 laughs | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 laughs | cc |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 scene | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 scene | det |
| 14 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 scene | amod |
| 15 | scene | scene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 laughs | obl |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 laughs | nsubj |
| 17 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 dies | conj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 mentions | cc |
| 19 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 20 mentions | advmod |
| 20 | mentions | mention | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 laughs | conj |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 mentions | obj |
| 22 | again | again | ADV | _ | 20 mentions | advmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 dies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present | a girl's grandad | in a cartoon | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in cartoon=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | laugh | present | girl | in the next scene | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in scene=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not mention speech: other | present | girl not said here | grandad | again | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=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 more like real life?
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 | 3 more | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 What | advmod |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | more property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Laughing proves she didn't love him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 proves | nsubj |
| 2 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 love | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 love | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 love | advmod |
| 6 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 proves | ccomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | gerund | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | prove | present | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | not love | past · do-support | she | him = he | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2
Everyone forgets after one day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 forgets | nsubj |
| 2 | forgets | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 day | case |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 day | nummod |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 forgets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | present | Everyone | day | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Feelings come and go for a long time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 go | cc |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 come | conj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 time | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Feelings | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go | present | Feelings not said here | time | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Real people never laugh after a death
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 laugh | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 laugh | advmod |
| 4 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 death | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 death | det |
| 7 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laugh | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not laugh | present | Real people | after a death | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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