Test 1 · ★ · Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment

«It's not FAIR!! the doctors are rubbish, they should've fixed her,» shouts Ruby. What's a gentle, true reply?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: It, FAIR, rubbish, Ruby, gentle true reply · What happens: not be, be, fix, shout · To what, where: rubbish, doctors · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 67 «Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment» 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: «It's not FAIR!! the doctors are rubbish, they should've fixed her,» shouts Ruby.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 FAIR	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 FAIR	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 FAIR	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 FAIR	advmod
5	FAIR	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rubbish	nsubj
6	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	5 FAIR	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 doctors	det
8	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 rubbish	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 rubbish	cop
10	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 rubbish	punct
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fixed	nsubj:pass
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 fixed	aux
14	've	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 fixed	aux
15	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 rubbish	acl
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fixed	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 shouts	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 shouts	punct
19	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 rubbish	conj
20	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 shouts	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 rubbish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is in a quote	present	It		fair property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	FAIR	rubbish		tree rules
3	fix in a quote	should · perfect · passive	rubbish not said here	doctors = doctor		vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary she=Product
4	shout speech: express	present	Ruby			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's a gentle, true reply?

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	1 What	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reply	det
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reply	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gentle	punct
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reply	amod
7	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1

You're right; the doctors just didn't bother trying to save her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 bother	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 doctors	det
6	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bother	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	10 bother	advmod
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 bother	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 bother	advmod
10	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	parataxis
11	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 bother	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 save	mark
13	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 bother	advcl
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	You		right property	tree rules
2	not bother	past · do-support	the doctors			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	try	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	save	to-infinitive	the doctors not said here	her = she		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2

Doctors are paid to let old people go and save the young ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 paid	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	aux:pass
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 let	mark
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 paid	advcl
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 go	nsubj
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 let	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 save	cc
10	save	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ones	det
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ones	amod
13	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pay	present · passive		Doctors	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	let	to-infinitive			tree rules
3	go	present	old people		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	save	present		the young ones	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

Option 3

Stop being so angry, it's only your grandma, and she was very old anyway

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 angry	cop
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 angry	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 angry	advmod
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 grandma	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 grandma	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 grandma	cop
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 grandma	advmod
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 grandma	nmod:poss
10	grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 angry	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 old	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 old	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 old	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 old	cop
15	very	very	ADV	_	16 old	advmod
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 angry	conj
17	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	16 old	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive			angry property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	your grandma		tree rules
3	is	past	she		anyway, old property	tree rules

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

It does feel unfair; the doctors tried, but some illnesses can't be cured

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 feel	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 feel	aux
3	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feel	xcomp
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 tried	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 doctors	det
7	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tried	nsubj
8	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 feel	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 cured	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 cured	cc
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 illnesses	det
12	illnesses	illness	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 cured	nsubj:pass
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 cured	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 cured	advmod
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 cured	aux:pass
16	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 feel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	present · do-support	It		unfair property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	try	past	the doctors			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	not cure	can · passive		some illnesses		vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source

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