Test 4 · Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»

«Ah'm proper scared o' dyin', nana,» says Leo. What would a wise nan do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, wise nan · What happens: be, say, do · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 70 «Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»» 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: «Ah'm proper scared o' dyin', nana,» says Leo.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 scared	punct
2	Ah	ah	INTJ	_	5 scared	discourse
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 scared	cop
4	proper	properly	ADV	_	5 scared	advmod
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 says	ccomp
6	o	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	10 nana	case
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 dyin	punct
8	dyin	dyin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nana	compound
9	',	',	PART	_	8 dyin	dep
10	nana	nana	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scared	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 scared	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present						of dyin nana; properly, scared property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	Leo						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 would a wise nan do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nan	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nan	amod
5	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	would	a wise nan						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Hug him, listen, and give a gentle, honest answer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hug	hug	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hug	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 listen	punct
4	listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hug	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 give	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 give	cc
7	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hug	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 answer	det
9	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 answer	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gentle	punct
11	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 answer	amod
12	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hug	imperative	you not said here	him = he	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
2	listen	infinitive	you not said here		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	give	infinitive	you not said here	a gentle honest answer	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Tell him to stop being so soft and just go to sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 soft	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 soft	advmod
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stop	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 go	cc
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 soft	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 sleep	mark
12	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 go	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	is	gerund	you not said here		soft property	tree rules
4	go	infinitive	you not said here			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	sleep	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Say nothing and turn off the light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 turn	cc
4	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 turn	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 light	det
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	turn off	infinitive	you not said here	the light					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient

Option 4

Tell him scary stories about death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stories	amod
4	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 death	case
6	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	scary stories	him = he			about death	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient story=Topic

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