Test 7 · ★ · Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment

A boy in Boston says, «Kai's wicked mad at his dad, and his dad's dead, that's messed up» (wicked = very). Fair answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: say, mess up · To what, where: that · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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 boy in Boston says, «Kai's wicked mad at his dad, and his dad's dead, that's messed up» (wicked = very).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Boston	case
4	Boston	Boston	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mad	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 mad	punct
8	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 mad	nsubj
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Kai	case
10	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mad	amod
11	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 dad	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 dad	nmod:poss
14	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mad	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 dead	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 dead	cc
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 dad	nmod:poss
18	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 dead	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 dad	case
20	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mad	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 messed	punct
22	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 messed	nsubj:pass
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 messed	aux:pass
24	messed	mess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 says	ccomp
25	up	up	ADP	_	24 messed	compound:prt
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	24 messed	punct
27	(	(	PUNCT	_	28 wicked	punct
28	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
29	=	=	SYM	_	30 very	punct
30	very	very	ADV	_	28 wicked	advmod
31	)	)	PUNCT	_	28 wicked	punct
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a boy in Boston						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mess up in a quote	present · passive		that					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: Fair answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	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

Kai must never have loved his dad at all, not really

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 loved	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 loved	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 loved	advmod
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 loved	aux
5	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dad	nmod:poss
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loved	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 loved	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 really	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 really	advmod
12	really	really	ADV	_	5 loved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not love	must · perfect · passive		Kai		all			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

You can love someone and be angry at them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 love	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 love	aux
3	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 love	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 angry	cc
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 angry	cop
7	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 love	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 angry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	can	You	someone					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus
2	is	infinitive	You not said here					at them = they; angry property	tree rules

Option 3

Being angry at a dead dad is a sin that God won't forgive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 angry	cop
2	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sin	csubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 dad	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dad	det
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dad	amod
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 angry	obl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sin	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sin	det
9	sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 forgive	obj
11	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 forgive	nsubj
12	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 forgive	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 forgive	advmod
14	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 sin	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund			at a dead dad; angry property	tree rules
2	is a	present		a sin		tree rules
3	not forgive	future	God	a sin		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme

Option 4

Kai should keep all of his anger a secret from everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 keep	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 keep	aux
3	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 keep	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 anger	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 anger	nmod:poss
7	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 all	nmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 secret	det
9	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keep	xcomp
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 everyone	case
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	should	Kai	all		everyone			vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer all=Beneficiary from everyone=Eventuality
2	anger		Kai						nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

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