Test 6 · ★★ · Living well because life is short
«Grandad never said 'love you' much but he took us fishing every arvo,» says Brooke in Brisbane (arvo = afternoon). Did he show love?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, Brooke · What happens: not say, love, take, fish, say, show · To what, where: you, us, arvo, Brisbane, love · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 76 «Living well because life is short» 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: «Grandad never said 'love you' much but he took us fishing every arvo,» says Brooke in Brisbane (arvo = afternoon).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 2 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 said | advmod |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 love | punct |
| 6 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 love | obj |
| 8 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 love | punct |
| 9 | much | much | ADV | _ | 6 love | advmod |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 took | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 took | nsubj |
| 12 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 13 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 took | iobj |
| 14 | fishing | fish | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 took | xcomp |
| 15 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 arvo | det |
| 16 | arvo | arvo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fishing | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 says | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 says | punct |
| 19 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 20 | Brooke | Brooke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 says | nsubj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 Brisbane | case |
| 22 | Brisbane | Brisbane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 says | obl |
| 23 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 24 arvo | punct |
| 24 | arvo | arvo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Brisbane | appos |
| 25 | = | = | SYM | _ | 26 afternoon | punct |
| 26 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 arvo | conj |
| 27 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 24 arvo | punct |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not say speech: assert in a quote | past | Grandad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | love in a quote | present | Grandad not said here | you | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | take in a quote | past | Grandad | us | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent we=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | fish in a quote | gerund | Grandad not said here | every arvo | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arvo=Theme | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | present | Brooke | Brisbane | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in brisbane=Manner |
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: Did he show love?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 show | aux |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 show | nsubj |
| 3 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 show | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past · do-support | Brooke | love | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent love=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No; love only counts if it is said out loud, in words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 love | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 counts | vocative |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 counts | advmod |
| 5 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 said | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 said | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | aux:pass |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 counts | advcl |
| 10 | out | out | ADV | _ | 11 loud | advmod |
| 11 | loud | loud | ADV | _ | 9 said | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 words | punct |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 words | case |
| 14 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 counts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | words | love vocative | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | present · passive | love | loud property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
Option 2
No; fishing has nothing to do with love
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 has | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 has | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 nothing | acl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 love | case |
| 9 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | fishing | nothing | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | ||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | fishing not said here | nothing not said here | with love | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yes; love shows in what people do, not just words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 shows | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 shows | punct |
| 3 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 what | case |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 shows | obl |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 do | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 what | acl:relcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 words | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 words | advmod |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 words | advmod |
| 12 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 shows | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | love | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | do | present | people | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Only if he also bought them presents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 bought | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 bought | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bought | nsubj |
| 4 | also | also | ADV | _ | 5 bought | advmod |
| 5 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bought | obj |
| 7 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bought | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | past | he | them = they | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary present=Theme |
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