Test 3 · ★ · Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment
A Gen Z cousin says, «Josh went full villain arc on his sister, he's lowkey toxic now.» What's really going on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Z cousin, Josh, cousin · What happens: say, go, be, go on · To what, where: full villain arc · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: A Gen Z cousin says, «Josh went full villain arc on his sister, he's lowkey toxic now.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cousin | det |
| 2 | Gen | gen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Z | compound |
| 3 | Z | z | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cousin | compound |
| 4 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 went | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 went | punct |
| 8 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 went | nsubj |
| 9 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | ccomp |
| 10 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 arc | amod |
| 11 | villain | villain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 arc | compound |
| 12 | arc | arc | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 went | obj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 sister | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 sister | nmod:poss |
| 15 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 went | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 toxic | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 toxic | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 toxic | cop |
| 19 | lowkey | lowkey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 toxic | amod |
| 20 | toxic | toxic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 says | ccomp |
| 21 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 toxic | advmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a Z cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go in a quote | past | Josh | full villain arc | on Josh's sister | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location arc=Theme | |||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | cousin | now | toxic 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: What's really going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 going | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 going | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 going | advmod |
| 4 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 going | compound:prt |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Grief can make people snappy; he can say sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | snappy | snappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 make | xcomp |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 say | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 say | aux |
| 9 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 make | parataxis |
| 10 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 say | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | can | Grief | people | snappy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product | |||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | can | Grief | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
His sister must have caused it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caused | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 caused | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 caused | aux |
| 5 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 caused | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | must · perfect | His sister | it | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient |
Option 3
Josh has turned into a bad person for good and won't change back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 turned | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 turned | aux |
| 3 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 person | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 person | amod |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turned | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 good | case |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 turned | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 change | cc |
| 11 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 change | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 change | advmod |
| 13 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 turned | conj |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 13 change | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present · perfect | Josh | into a bad person result; for good | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into person=Result | ||||
| 2 | not change back | future | Josh not said here | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Snapping like that proves he doesn't miss Grandad at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snapping | snap | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 proves | csubj |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 3 that | case |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Snapping | obl |
| 4 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 miss | nsubj |
| 6 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 miss | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 miss | advmod |
| 8 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 proves | ccomp |
| 9 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 miss | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 all | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 miss | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snap | gerund | like that | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | prove | present | Snapping | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not miss | present · do-support | he | Grandad | all | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grandad=Stimulus |
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