Test 4 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days
In a film, a girl buries all her mum's photos so she «won't be sad». What's a better idea from real life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: bury, not be, be · To what, where: photos, film, better idea, real life
This is test 4 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: In a film, a girl buries all her mum's photos so she «won't be sad».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buries | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buries | nsubj |
| 7 | buries | bury | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 photos | det:predet |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 mum | nmod:poss |
| 10 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 photos | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 mum | case |
| 12 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 buries | obj |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 sad | advmod |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 sad | nsubj |
| 15 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 19 sad | punct |
| 16 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 sad | aux |
| 17 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 sad | advmod |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 sad | cop |
| 19 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 buries | advcl |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 sad | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 buries | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bury | present | a girl | girl's mum's photos | a film | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent photo=Theme in film=Destination | |||
| 2 | not is in a quote | future | girl | sad 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 a better idea from real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 idea | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 idea | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 idea | det |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 idea | amod |
| 5 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 life | amod |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 idea | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 idea | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a better idea | real life | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Photos only make grief last much, much longer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 make | advmod |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | last | last | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 make | xcomp |
| 6 | much | much | ADV | _ | 5 last | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 longer | punct |
| 8 | much | much | ADV | _ | 9 longer | advmod |
| 9 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Photos | grief | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | last | infinitive | grief not said here | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Forgetting completely is the only way to heal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forgetting | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 way | csubj |
| 2 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 1 Forgetting | advmod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 way | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 way | det |
| 5 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 way | amod |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 heal | mark |
| 8 | heal | heal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 way | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | gerund | completely property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | Forgetting | the only way | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | heal | to-infinitive | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Burying photos like that stops grief for ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burying | bury | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 stops | csubj |
| 2 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Burying | obj |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 that | case |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 photos | nmod |
| 5 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stops | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 ever | case |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 stops | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bury | gerund | photos | like that | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stop | present | Burying | grief | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality grief=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Keep memories close; they can comfort
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | memories | memory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 comfort | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 comfort | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 comfort | aux |
| 7 | comfort | comfort | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Keep | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | memories | close property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Theme | |||
| 2 | comfort | can | memories = memory | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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