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Test 2 · ★ · When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer

«Dad's like 40, why's he bawling about Gran, he's well old,» says Tom's brother (bawling = crying loudly). What's true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, brother · What happens: be, bawl, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 69 «When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer» 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: «Dad's like 40, why's he bawling about Gran, he's well old,» says Tom's brother (bawling = crying loudly).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 40	punct
2	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 40	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 40	cop
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 40	case
5	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bawling	punct
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 bawling	advmod
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 bawling	aux
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bawling	nsubj
10	bawling	bawl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 40	advcl
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 Gran	case
12	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 bawling	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 old	punct
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 old	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 old	cop
16	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 old	advmod
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Gran	amod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 says	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 says	punct
20	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 bawling	conj
21	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 brother	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 Tom	case
23	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 says	obj
24	(	(	PUNCT	_	25 bawling	punct
25	bawling	bawling	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 brother	appos
26	=	=	SYM	_	27 crying	punct
27	crying	cry	NOUN	_	25 bawling	appos
28	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	27 crying	advmod
29	)	)	PUNCT	_	25 bawling	punct
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 40	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Dad					like 40	tree rules
2	bawl speech: other in a quote	present · progressive	Dad					about Gran	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about gran=Topic
3	is in a quote	present	Dad					old, well property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	present	Tom's brother						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: What's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Old people don't feel real sadness like kids do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 feel	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 feel	advmod
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sadness	amod
7	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feel	obj
8	like	like	SCONJ	_	10 do	mark
9	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 do	nsubj
10	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not feel	present · do-support	Old people	real sadness					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sadness=Theme
2	do	present	kids						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Dad should be well over it by now, at his age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 it	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 it	cop
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 it	advmod
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Dad	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 now	case
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Dad	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 age	punct
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 age	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 age	nmod:poss
12	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	should				it		well property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Dad is only crying to get attention from Gran's friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 crying	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 crying	advmod
4	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 crying	xcomp
7	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 friends	case
9	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 friends	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Gran	case
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present · progressive	Dad						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	to-infinitive	Dad not said here	attention				from Gran's friends	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent attention=Theme from friend=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

You never get too old to miss your mum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 get	advmod
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 old	advmod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 miss	mark
7	miss	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 old	xcomp
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mum	nmod:poss
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 miss	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	present	You					old property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	miss	to-infinitive	You not said here	your mum					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus

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