Test 9 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb

Myth to check: «If you go to a party a week after a death, you didn't really love the person.»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Myth, you · What happens: check, go, not love · To what, where: party, person

This is test 9 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 check	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 check	mark
3	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
6	If	if	SCONJ	_	8 go	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 go	nsubj
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 check	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 party	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 party	det
11	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 week	det
13	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obl:unmarked
14	after	after	ADP	_	16 death	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 death	det
16	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 love	punct
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	22 love	nsubj
19	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 love	aux
20	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 love	advmod
21	really	really	ADV	_	22 love	advmod
22	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 check	conj
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 person	det
24	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 love	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 check	punct
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 check	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	check	to-infinitive	Myth				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	go a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you		a party	after a death; week	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial_Location
3	not love in a quote	past · do-support	you	the person			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

False, but only if you go to church first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 go	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 go	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 go	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 go	nsubj
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 church	case
9	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	you			church		first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial_Location

Option 2

True: you must stay sad for a year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stay	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 stay	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 stay	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stay	aux
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stay	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 year	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	must	you				year	sad property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

False: fun and sadness can live together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fun	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 fun	punct
3	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 live	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sadness	cc
5	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fun	conj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 live	aux
7	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	together	together	ADV	_	7 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live together	can	False fun and sadness					together property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

True: parties are banned for mourners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 parties	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 banned	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 banned	aux:pass
5	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 mourners	case
7	mourners	mourner	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 banned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present · passive		True parties				for mourners	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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