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Test 8 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb

«Our kid's had a belly ache every day since me grandad died, and he's not even sick,» says a girl from Liverpool (our kid = my brother). Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, grandad · What happens: have, die, not be, say · To what, where: belly ache · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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: «Our kid's had a belly ache every day since me grandad died, and he's not even sick,» says a girl from Liverpool (our kid = my brother).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct
2	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 kid	nmod:poss
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 kid	case
5	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ache	det
7	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ache	compound
8	ache	ache	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obl:unmarked
11	since	since	SCONJ	_	14 died	mark
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 died	nsubj
13	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 died	nsubj
14	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 had	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 sick	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 sick	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 sick	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 sick	cop
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 sick	advmod
20	even	even	ADV	_	21 sick	advmod
21	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 had	parataxis
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 says	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	24 says	punct
24	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 sick	parataxis
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 girl	det
26	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 says	nsubj
27	from	from	ADP	_	28 Liverpool	case
28	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 girl	nmod
29	(	(	PUNCT	_	31 kid	punct
30	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 kid	nmod:poss
31	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 girl	appos
32	=	=	SYM	_	34 brother	punct
33	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 brother	nmod:poss
34	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 kid	conj
35	)	)	PUNCT	_	31 kid	punct
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	participle		a belly ache			day		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ache=Patient
2	die in a quote	past	a girl from Liverpool = girl						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	not is in a quote	present	grandad					sick property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	present	a girl from Liverpool						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: Best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 answer	amod
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Belly aches are never, ever linked to feelings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 aches	compound
2	aches	ache	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 linked	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 linked	aux:pass
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 linked	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 linked	punct
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 linked	advmod
7	linked	link	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 feelings	case
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 linked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not link	present · passive		Belly aches			ever	to feelings	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to feeling=Co-Patient

Option 2

He must be faking it to get days off school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 faking	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 faking	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 faking	aux
4	faking	fake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 faking	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 faking	advcl
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 get	obj
9	off	off	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fake	must · progressive	He	it					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	get	to-infinitive	He not said here			school	day		vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme off school=Destination

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

Grief can show in the body; tell a grown-up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 show	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 show	aux
3	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 body	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 body	det
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 show	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 show	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 up	det
10	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 up	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 up	punct
12	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	can	Grief			the body			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	Grief not said here	a grown up					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient

Option 4

He should eat a lot less until the ache stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 eat	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 eat	aux
3	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lot	det
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eat	obj
6	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 eat	advmod
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 stops	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ache	det
9	ache	ache	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stops	nsubj
10	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 eat	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	should	He	a lot				less property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient
2	stop	present	the ache						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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