Test 4 · ★ · When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer
«My dad's acting all happy again, that's mad disrespectful to Mum, fr» (fr = for real), says Lily. What's the wisest answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, Lily, wisest answer · What happens: act, be · To what, where: happy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: «My dad's acting all happy again, that's mad disrespectful to Mum, fr» (fr = for real), says Lily.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 acting | punct |
| 2 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 acting | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 acting | aux |
| 5 | acting | act | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 says | ccomp |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 happy | det |
| 7 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 acting | obj |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 acting | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 acting | punct |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 says | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 says | cop |
| 12 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 says | parataxis |
| 13 | disrespectful | disrespectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 says | ccomp |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Mum | case |
| 15 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 says | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 fr | punct |
| 17 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Mum | conj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 Mum | punct |
| 19 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 20 fr | punct |
| 20 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 says | nsubj |
| 21 | = | = | SYM | _ | 23 real | punct |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 real | case |
| 23 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 fr | amod |
| 24 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 23 real | punct |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 fr | punct |
| 26 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 27 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 says | nsubj |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act in a quote | present · progressive | My dad | all happy | again | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent happy=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | be speech: assert | present | Lily | to Mum and fr; say 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 the wisest answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | wisest | wise | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wisest answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Being happy again is healing; Dad still loves Mum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 happy | cop |
| 2 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 loves | csubj |
| 3 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 happy | advmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 healing | aux |
| 5 | healing | heal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 happy | conj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 loves | punct |
| 7 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 loves | nsubj |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 loves | advmod |
| 9 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 loves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | again | happy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | heal | present · progressive | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | love | present | Dad | Mum | still | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus |
Option 2
Dad should be told off by the whole family for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 told | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 told | aux:pass |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 told | compound:prt |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 family | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 family | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 family | amod |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 family | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell off speech: assert | should · passive | the whole family for family | Dad | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
Option 3
She's right; Dad has forgotten Mum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 forgotten | punct |
| 5 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 forgotten | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 forgotten | aux |
| 7 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 forgotten | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | forget | present · perfect | Dad | Mum | tree rules |
Option 4
Happy people never really loved anyone in the first place
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 loved | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 loved | advmod |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 loved | advmod |
| 5 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 loved | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 place | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 place | det |
| 9 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 place | amod |
| 10 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 anyone | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not love | participle · passive | Happy people | tree rules |
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