Test 8 · ★★ · Living well because life is short In a cartoon, a rich king's gravestone lists all his gold. A poor woman's says «She loved and was loved». Which life sounds better lived?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gravestone, poor woman, woman, life · What happens: list, say, love, sound, live · To what, where: gold, cartoon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon, a rich king's gravestone lists all his gold.
case det obl punct det amod nmod:poss case nsubj det:predet nmod:poss obj punct root In ADP a DET cartoon NOUN , PUNCT a DET rich ADJ king NOUN 's PART gravestone NOUN lists VERB all DET his PRON gold NOUN . PUNCT 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 lists obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 cartoon punct 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 king det 6 rich rich ADJ Degree=Pos 7 king amod 7 king king NOUN Number=Sing 9 gravestone nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 king case 9 gravestone gravestone NOUN Number=Sing 10 lists nsubj 10 lists list VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 11 all all DET PronType=Tot 13 gold det:predet 12 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 gold nmod:poss 13 gold gold NOUN Number=Sing 10 lists obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 10 lists punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 list present a rich king's gravestone gravestone's gold a cartoon tree rules
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: A poor woman's says «She loved and was loved».
det amod nsubj case punct nsubj ccomp cc aux:pass conj punct punct root A DET poor ADJ woman NOUN 's PART says VERB « PUNCT She PRON loved VERB and CCONJ was AUX loved VERB » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 woman det 2 poor poor ADJ Degree=Pos 3 woman amod 3 woman woman NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 4 's 's PART _ 3 woman case 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 « « PUNCT _ 8 loved punct 7 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 loved nsubj 8 loved love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 says ccomp 9 and and CCONJ _ 11 loved cc 10 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 loved aux:pass 11 loved love VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 loved conj 12 » » PUNCT _ 8 loved punct 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a poor woman vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 love in a quote past woman vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer 3 love in a quote past · passive woman not said here vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»
Sentence 3: Which life sounds better lived?
det nsubj advmod xcomp punct root Which DET life NOUN sounds VERB better ADV lived VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which DET PronType=Int 2 life det 2 life life NOUN Number=Sing 3 sounds nsubj 3 sounds sound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 better well ADV Degree=Cmp 5 lived advmod 5 lived live VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 sounds xcomp 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 sounds punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sound present which life tree rules 2 live participle which life not said here well property vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice The king's; more words means more life
det nsubj case punct amod conj amod obj root The DET king NOUN 's PART ; PUNCT more ADJ words NOUN means VERB more ADJ life NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 king det 2 king king NOUN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 3 's 's PART _ 2 king case 4 ; ; PUNCT _ 6 words punct 5 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 words amod 6 words word NOUN Number=Plur 2 king conj 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 life amod 9 life life NOUN Number=Sing 7 means obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present the king and more words more life vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Topic
Option 2 The king's; gold is what lasts
det nmod:poss case punct nsubj cop acl:relcl root The DET king NOUN 's PART ; PUNCT gold NOUN is AUX what PRON lasts VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 king det 2 king king NOUN Number=Sing 5 gold nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 king case 4 ; ; PUNCT _ 5 gold punct 5 gold gold NOUN Number=Sing 7 what nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 what cop 7 what what PRON PronType=Int root root 8 lasts last VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 what acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the king's gold tree rules 2 last present vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer The woman's; love is what lasts
det nmod:poss case punct nsubj cop acl:relcl root The DET woman NOUN 's PART ; PUNCT love NOUN is AUX what PRON lasts VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 woman det 2 woman woman NOUN Number=Sing 5 love nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 woman case 4 ; ; PUNCT _ 5 love punct 5 love love NOUN Number=Sing 7 what nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 what cop 7 what what PRON PronType=Int root root 8 lasts last VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 what acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the woman's love tree rules 2 last present vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme 3 love the woman nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
Option 4 Neither; gravestones mean nothing
advmod punct nsubj obj root Neither ADV ; PUNCT gravestones NOUN mean VERB nothing PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neither neither ADV _ 3 gravestones advmod 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Neither punct 3 gravestones gravestone NOUN Number=Plur 4 mean nsubj 4 mean mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 4 mean obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present gravestones nothing vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
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