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Test 9 · Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»

In a cartoon, a little bear's mum says «I'll never ever die». What's more honest in real life?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: say, not die, be · To what, where: cartoon, real life · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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: In a cartoon, a little bear's mum says «I'll never ever die».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bear	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bear	amod
7	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mum	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 bear	case
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 die	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 die	nsubj
13	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 die	aux
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 die	advmod
15	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	16 die	advmod
16	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 says	ccomp
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 die	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a little bear's mum			a cartoon			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not die in a quote	future	a little bear's mum = mum				ever		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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 more honest in real life?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 honest	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 honest	cop
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 honest	advmod
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 life	case
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 life	amod
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 honest	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 honest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				real life		honest property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Everyone dies one day, but most parents live till very old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 dies	nsubj
2	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 day	nummod
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dies	obl:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 live	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 live	cc
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 parents	amod
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 live	nsubj
9	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dies	conj
10	till	till	ADP	_	12 old	case
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 old	advmod
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	Everyone				day		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	live	present	most parents				till old		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nobody knows if parents die at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 die	mark
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 die	nsubj
5	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 knows	ccomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Nobody						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	die a condition, not said to happen	present	parents			all			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

Parents really never die

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 die	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 die	advmod
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 die	advmod
4	die	die	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not die	infinitive	Parents						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Mums usually die when their children are still small, before they grow up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 die	nsubj
2	usually	usually	ADV	_	3 die	advmod
3	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 small	mark
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 children	nmod:poss
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 small	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 small	cop
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 small	advmod
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 die	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 grow	punct
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 grow	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 grow	nsubj
13	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 die	conj
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 grow	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	Mums					usually property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	is	present	Mums's children				still	small property	tree rules
3	grow up	present	children = child						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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