Test 9 · ★ · When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer
«Is it gonna hurt like this forever?» asks Oscar. Which answer is honest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, Oscar, answer · What happens: be, ask · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: «Is it gonna hurt like this forever?» asks Oscar.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 hurt | punct |
| 2 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hurt | nsubj |
| 4 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 hurt | dep |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 asks | ccomp |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 this | case |
| 7 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 hurt | obl |
| 8 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 5 hurt | advmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 hurt | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 hurt | punct |
| 11 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | Oscar | Oscar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 asks | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | it | like this; forever, hurt property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | Oscar | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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: Which answer is honest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 answer | det |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 honest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 honest | cop |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 honest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which answer | honest property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, by tomorrow you'll feel nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 feel | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 feel | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 tomorrow | case |
| 4 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feel | obl |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 feel | nsubj |
| 6 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 feel | aux |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 feel | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | future | you | nothing | tomorrow | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It usually gets softer, though you may always miss her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 3 gets | advmod |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | softer | soft | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 gets | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 miss | punct |
| 6 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 10 miss | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 miss | nsubj |
| 8 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 miss | aux |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 10 miss | advmod |
| 10 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 gets | advcl |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 miss | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | It | soft, usually property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | miss | may | you | her = she | always property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yes, exactly like this, for ever and ever, every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 13 day | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 this | punct |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 this | advmod |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 this | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Yes | vocative |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 ever | punct |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 ever | case |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 this | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 ever | cc |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 8 ever | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 day | det |
| 13 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Only if you don't go to church every day to pray
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 go | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 go | advmod |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 church | case |
| 8 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | obl |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 pray | mark |
| 12 | pray | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 go | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | present · do-support | you | church | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | pray | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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