Test 11 · ★ · Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment
Brooke says she's stoked and filthy at the same time. Is that weird?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Brooke, that · What happens: say, stoke, be · To what, where: Brooke · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ 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: Brooke says she's stoked and filthy at the same time.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooke | Brooke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | 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 | 5 stoked | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 stoked | aux:pass |
| 5 | stoked | stoke | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 filthy | cc |
| 7 | filthy | filthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stoked | conj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 time | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 time | det |
| 10 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 time | amod |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stoked | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Brooke | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | stoke | present · passive | Brooke | time | 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: Is that weird?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 weird | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 weird | nsubj |
| 3 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 weird | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | weird property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No; grief often mixes feelings together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 grief | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mixes | nsubj |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 mixes | advmod |
| 5 | mixes | mix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 mixes | obj |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 5 mixes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | present | grief | feelings | often, together property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient |
Option 2
Yes; you can only feel one thing at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 feel | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 feel | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 feel | aux |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 feel | advmod |
| 6 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 thing | nummod |
| 8 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 feel | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 once | case |
| 10 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 feel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | can | you | one thing | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Theme at once=Location |
Option 3
Yes; she must be confused about fishing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 confused | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 confused | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 confused | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 confused | aux:pass |
| 6 | confused | confuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 fishing | case |
| 8 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 confused | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confuse | must · passive | she | about fishing | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
No, because she isn't really sad at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 sad | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sad | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 sad | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sad | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sad | cop |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 sad | advmod |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 sad | advmod |
| 8 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 sad | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | she | all | sad property | tree rules |
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