Test 9 · ★★ · Living well because life is short «Mum wants us to be happy?? She's dead, how'd she even know,» snaps Lily. What's the gentle answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, gentle answer · What happens: want, be, know, snap · To what, where: us, Lily · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: «Mum wants us to be happy??
punct nsubj obj mark cop advcl punct root « PUNCT Mum NOUN wants VERB us PRON to PART be AUX happy ADJ ?? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 3 wants punct 2 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 3 wants nsubj 3 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 wants obj 5 to to PART _ 7 happy mark 6 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 happy cop 7 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 wants advcl 8 ?? ?? PUNCT _ 3 wants punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want in a quote present Mum us vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot we=Theme 2 is in a quote to-infinitive Mum not said here happy property 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: She's dead, how'd she even know,» snaps Lily.
nsubj cop punct advmod aux nsubj advmod parataxis punct punct conj obj punct root She PRON 's AUX dead ADJ , PUNCT how ADV 'd AUX she PRON even ADV know VERB , PUNCT » PUNCT snaps VERB Lily PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 dead nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 dead cop 3 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 know punct 5 how how ADV PronType=Int 9 know advmod 6 'd would AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 know aux 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 know nsubj 8 even even ADV _ 9 know advmod 9 know know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 dead parataxis 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 snaps punct 11 » » PUNCT _ 12 snaps punct 12 snaps snap VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 know conj 13 Lily Lily PROPN Number=Sing 12 snaps obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 3 dead punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Mum dead property tree rules 2 know would Mum vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 3 snap in a quote present Mum not said here Lily vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lily=Theme
Sentence 3: What's the gentle answer?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET gentle ADJ answer NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 answer det 4 gentle gentle ADJ Degree=Pos 5 answer amod 5 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the gentle answer tree rules
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Most people who love us would want us to live happily
amod nsubj nsubj acl:relcl obj aux obj mark xcomp advmod root Most ADJ people NOUN who PRON love VERB us PRON would AUX want VERB us PRON to PART live VERB happily ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Most most ADJ Degree=Sup 2 people amod 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 want nsubj 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 4 love nsubj 4 love love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 people acl:relcl 5 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 love obj 6 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 want aux 7 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 want obj 9 to to PART _ 10 live mark 10 live live VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 want xcomp 11 happily happily ADV _ 10 live advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 love present Most people us vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer we=Stimulus 2 want would Most people us tree rules 3 live not said to happen to-infinitive us not said here happily property vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 Nobody can say anything about her wishes
nsubj aux obj case nmod:poss nmod root Nobody PRON can AUX say VERB anything PRON about ADP her PRON wishes NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 3 say nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 say aux 3 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 say obj 5 about about ADP _ 7 wishes case 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 wishes nmod:poss 7 wishes wish NOUN Number=Plur 4 anything nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert can Nobody anything about her wishes vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic 2 wish her = she nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 Being happy means you've forgotten her
cop csubj nsubj aux ccomp obj root Being AUX happy ADJ means VERB you PRON 've AUX forgotten VERB her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 happy cop 2 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 forgotten nsubj 5 've have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 forgotten aux 6 forgotten forget VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 3 means ccomp 7 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 forgotten obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is gerund happy property tree rules 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 forget present · perfect you her = she tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice She'd want you to stay sad for ever and never smile again, to show you miss her
The tree, 18 words nsubj aux obj mark xcomp xcomp case obl cc advmod conj advmod punct mark parataxis nsubj ccomp obj root She PRON 'd AUX want VERB you PRON to PART stay VERB sad ADJ for ADP ever ADV and CCONJ never ADV smile VERB again ADV , PUNCT to PART show VERB you PRON miss VERB her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 want nsubj 2 'd would AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 want aux 3 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 want obj 5 to to PART _ 6 stay mark 6 stay stay VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 want xcomp 7 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 6 stay xcomp 8 for for ADP _ 9 ever case 9 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 7 sad obl 10 and and CCONJ _ 12 smile cc 11 never never ADV PronType=Neg 12 smile advmod 12 smile smile VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 want conj 13 again again ADV _ 12 smile advmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 16 show punct 15 to to PART _ 16 show mark 16 show show VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 want parataxis 17 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 18 miss nsubj 18 miss miss VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 show ccomp 19 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 miss obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want would She you tree rules 2 stay not said to happen to-infinitive you not said here sad property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 not smile infinitive She not said here again vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 show to-infinitive vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 5 miss present you her = she vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
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