Test 2 · ★ · Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment

«Me and my cuz were crackin' up in the prayers, I'm dead, that's well bad innit,» says Max later (crackin' up = laughing, I'm dead = I'm so embarrassed). Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: crackin, that, I · What happens: be, say, laugh · To what, where: crackin, prayers, bad innit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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: «Me and my cuz were crackin' up in the prayers, I'm dead, that's well bad innit,» says Max later (crackin' up = laughing, I'm dead = I'm so embarrassed).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 crackin	punct
2	Me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 crackin	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cuz	cc
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cuz	nmod:poss
5	cuz	cuz	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Me	conj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 crackin	cop
7	crackin	crackin	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 says	nsubj
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 crackin	punct
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 crackin	compound
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 prayers	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 prayers	det
12	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 crackin	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 dead	punct
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 dead	nsubj
15	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 dead	cop
16	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crackin	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 innit	punct
18	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 innit	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 innit	cop
20	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	21 bad	advmod
21	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 innit	amod
22	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crackin	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 crackin	punct
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	25 says	punct
25	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
26	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 says	nsubj
27	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	29 crackin	advmod
28	(	(	PUNCT	_	29 crackin	punct
29	crackin	crackin	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 Max	appos
30	'	'	PUNCT	_	29 crackin	punct
31	up	up	ADP	_	29 crackin	compound
32	=	=	SYM	_	33 laughing	punct
33	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	26 Max	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 dead	punct
35	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 dead	nsubj
36	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 dead	cop
37	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 Max	conj
38	=	=	PUNCT	_	42 embarrassed	punct
39	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	42 embarrassed	nsubj
40	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 embarrassed	cop
41	so	so	ADV	_	42 embarrassed	advmod
42	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 Max	parataxis
43	)	)	PUNCT	_	42 embarrassed	punct
44	.	.	PUNCT	_	25 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	crackin and bad innit = crackin	crackin and bad innit	the prayers		tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	crackin and bad innit = crackin			dead property	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	that	bad innit			tree rules
4	say speech: assert	present	crackin and bad innit				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	laugh	gerund	crackin and bad innit not said here				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	is	present	I			dead property	tree rules
7	is	present	I			embarrassed property	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: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, he has ruined the funeral for ever, and everyone saw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 ruined	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ruined	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ruined	aux
5	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 funeral	det
7	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ruined	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ever	case
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 ruined	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 saw	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 saw	cc
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 saw	nsubj
13	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ruined	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ruin	present · perfect	he	the funeral					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent funeral=Patient
2	see	past	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Nervous laughter happens; it doesn't mean he didn't care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 laughter	amod
2	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happens	nsubj
3	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 mean	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 mean	nsubj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 mean	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 mean	advmod
8	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 happens	parataxis
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 care	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 care	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 care	advmod
12	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 mean	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	happen	present	Nervous laughter	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not mean	present · do-support	it	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not care	past · do-support	laughter	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

He must have hated his grandma, or he would never have laughed

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 hated	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hated	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 hated	aux
4	hated	hate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 grandma	nmod:poss
6	grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hated	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 laughed	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 laughed	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 laughed	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 laughed	aux
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 laughed	advmod
12	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 laughed	aux
13	laughed	laugh	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 hated	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	must · perfect	He	his grandma					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grandma=Stimulus
2	not laugh	would · perfect	he						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He should be banned from going to church ever again

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 banned	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 banned	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 banned	aux:pass
4	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 going	mark
6	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 banned	advcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 church	case
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 going	obl
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 again	advmod
10	again	again	ADV	_	6 going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	should · passive		He					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	go	gerund				church	again		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial_Location

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