Test 5 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days

«Can I keep it forever? Like FOREVER forever?» asks Ellie about her memory box. Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: keep, ask · To what, where: it, Ellie

This is test 5 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: «Can I keep it forever?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct
2	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 keep	nsubj
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	obj
6	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 keep	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep in a quote	can	I	it				forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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: Like FOREVER forever?» asks Ellie about her memory box.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	INTJ	_	3 forever	discourse
2	FOREVER	forever	ADV	_	3 forever	advmod
3	forever	forever	ADV	_	6 asks	ccomp
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 forever	punct
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 forever	punct
6	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 asks	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 box	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 box	nmod:poss
10	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 box	compound
11	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asks	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	present			Ellie			about Ellie's memory box	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent ellie=Recipient about box=Topic

Sentence 3: 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

No, it has to be buried with Grandad at the cemetery, next to him

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 buried	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 buried	aux:pass
7	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 has	xcomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 Grandad	case
9	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 buried	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 cemetery	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cemetery	det
12	cemetery	cemetery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buried	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 next	punct
14	next	next	ADV	_	4 has	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 next	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	it					next property	tree rules
2	bury	to-infinitive · passive				the cemetery		with Grandad	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: at cemetery=Destination

Option 2

Only if she never shows it to anybody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 shows	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 shows	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shows	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 shows	advmod
5	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shows	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 anybody	case
8	anybody	anybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 shows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not show	present	she	it	anybody				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to anybody=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, and open it whenever she misses him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 open	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 open	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 open	cc
4	open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 open	obj
6	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	_	8 misses	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 misses	nsubj
8	misses	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 open	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 misses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	it					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	miss	present	she	him = he					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4

No, memory boxes are only for a year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 year	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boxes	compound
4	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 year	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 year	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 year	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 year	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	memory boxes				for a year		tree rules

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