Test 6 · ★ · When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer

A Gen X uncle says, «Grandpa joining a lunch club? Bummer, guess he's over Grandma» (bummer = shame). Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gen X uncle, Grandpa, uncle, you · What happens: say, join, guess, be, put · To what, where: lunch club, uncle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: A Gen X uncle says, «Grandpa joining a lunch club?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 uncle	det
2	Gen	Gen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 uncle	compound
3	X	x	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uncle	compound
4	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Grandpa	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 Grandpa	punct
8	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
9	joining	join	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 Grandpa	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 club	det
11	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 club	compound
12	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 joining	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	a Gen X uncle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	join in a quote	gerund	Grandpa not said here	a lunch club					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient

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: Bummer, guess he's over Grandma» (bummer = shame).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bummer	bummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guess	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bummer	punct
3	guess	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 Grandma	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Grandma	cop
6	over	over	ADP	_	7 Grandma	case
7	Grandma	Grandma	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 guess	obj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 Grandma	punct
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 bummer	punct
10	bummer	bummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Grandma	appos
11	=	=	SYM	_	12 shame	punct
12	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bummer	conj
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 bummer	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 guess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess	present							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	uncle					over Grandma	tree rules

Sentence 3: Put him right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		uncle			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Grandpa is breaking a church rule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 breaking	aux
3	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rule	det
5	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rule	compound
6	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · progressive	Grandpa	a church rule					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient

Option 2

He's right; Grandpa has forgotten her and moved on with new friends

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 forgotten	punct
5	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	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	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 forgotten	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 moved	cc
10	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 forgotten	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	10 moved	compound:prt
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 friends	case
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 friends	amod
14	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	forget	present · perfect	Grandpa	her = she		tree rules
3	move on	past	Grandpa not said here		with new friends	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

New friends ease loneliness; they don't replace Grandma

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 friends	amod
2	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ease	nsubj
3	ease	ease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ease	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 replace	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 replace	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 replace	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 replace	advmod
9	replace	replace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ease	conj
10	Grandma	Grandma	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 replace	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ease	present	New friends	loneliness					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent loneliness=Patient
2	not replace	present · do-support	friends = friend	Grandma					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme grandma=Co-Theme

Option 4

Grandpa should stay home alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stay	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stay	aux
3	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 stay	advmod
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	should	Grandpa					alone, home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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