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Test 8 · ★ · When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer

In a TV show, a widow says, «I'll never smile again», and the show ends there. What happens for most real people?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: widow, show · What happens: say, not smile, end, happen · To what, where: TV show · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: In a TV show, a widow says, «I'll never smile again», and the show ends there.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 show	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 show	det
3	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 show	compound
4	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 widow	det
7	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 smile	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 smile	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 smile	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 smile	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 smile	advmod
14	smile	smile	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 says	ccomp
15	again	again	ADV	_	14 smile	advmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 smile	punct
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 ends	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 ends	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 show	det
20	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 ends	nsubj
21	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 says	conj
22	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 ends	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a widow			a TV show			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not smile in a quote	future	a widow = widow				again		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	end	present	the show			there			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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 happens for most real people?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 people	case
4	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 people	amod
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 happens	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present						for most real people	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They must move far away to a new town to be happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 move	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 move	aux
3	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	3 move	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 town	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 town	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 town	amod
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 away	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	12 happy	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 happy	cop
12	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 move	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	must	They					away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	They not said here					happy property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Grief softens and smiles slowly come back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 softens	nsubj
2	softens	soften	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 come	cc
4	smiles	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	6 come	advmod
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 softens	conj
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soften	present	Grief						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	come back	present	Grief not said here					slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They really never smile again, not once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 smile	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 smile	advmod
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 smile	advmod
4	smile	smile	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	again	again	ADV	_	4 smile	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 once	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 once	advmod
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 smile	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not smile	infinitive	They				again	once property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They forget their husband within a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forget	nsubj
2	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 husband	nmod:poss
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forget	obj
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 week	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 week	det
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forget	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present	They	their husband			week		tree rules

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