Test 1 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days

«Grandad's birthday cake when he's dead?? that's mad weird fam,» says Ellie's cousin from London (fam = mate). Fair answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: birthday cake, that, cousin · What happens: be, say · To what, where: mad weird fam · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 68 «Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days» 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: «Grandad's birthday cake when he's dead?? that's mad weird fam,» says Ellie's cousin from London (fam = mate).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 dead	punct
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 cake	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Grandad	case
4	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cake	compound
5	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dead	nsubj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 dead	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dead	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dead	cop
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 says	ccomp
10	??	??	PUNCT	_	15 fam	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 fam	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fam	cop
13	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fam	amod
14	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fam	amod
15	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dead	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dead	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 says	punct
18	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 cousin	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 Ellie	case
21	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 says	obj
22	from	from	ADP	_	23 London	case
23	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 cousin	nmod
24	(	(	PUNCT	_	25 fam	punct
25	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 cousin	appos
26	=	=	SYM	_	27 mate	punct
27	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 fam	conj
28	)	)	PUNCT	_	25 fam	punct
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Grandad's birthday cake		dead property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	that	mad weird fam		tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	Ellie's cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: 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 · ✓ the right answer

Not weird; it's a way of saying he's still part of us

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 weird	advmod
2	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 way	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 way	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 way	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 saying	mark
9	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 way	acl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 part	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 part	cop
12	still	still	ADV	_	13 part	advmod
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saying	ccomp
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 us	case
15	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a weird way			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	a weird way not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	he	part	still	of us	tree rules

Option 2

It's a spell to bring Grandad back to life

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	4 spell	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 spell	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spell	det
4	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 bring	mark
6	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 spell	acl
7	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obj
8	back	back	ADV	_	6 bring	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 life	case
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a spell					tree rules
2	bring back	to-infinitive		Grandad		life			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent grandad=Theme to life=Destination

Option 3

He's right; you should forget birthdays after a death

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	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 forget	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 forget	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 forget	aux
7	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
8	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 forget	obj
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 death	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 death	det
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forget	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	forget	should	you	birthdays			after a death		tree rules

Option 4

Only royal families may celebrate the dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 families	advmod
2	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 families	amod
3	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 celebrate	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 celebrate	aux
5	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dead	det
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 celebrate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	may	royal families	the dead					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Theme

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