Test 10 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old

«My koro's in the rest home, I'll take him a footy card, sweet as,» says a boy in Wellington (koro = grandad, sweet as = great). Good idea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: take, say · To what, where: him, rest · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 77 «Kindness to the dying and visiting the old» 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: «My koro's in the rest home, I'll take him a footy card, sweet as,» says a boy in Wellington (koro = grandad, sweet as = great).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 take	punct
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 koro	nmod:poss
3	koro	koro	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 «	flat
4	's	's	PART	_	3 koro	case
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 rest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rest	det
7	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 take	obl
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 rest	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rest	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 take	nsubj
11	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 take	aux
12	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 says	ccomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 take	obj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 card	det
15	footy	footy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 card	compound
16	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 take	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sweet	punct
18	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 card	amod
19	as	as	ADP	_	18 sweet	fixed
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 take	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	22 says	punct
22	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 boy	det
24	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 says	obj
25	in	in	ADP	_	26 Wellington	case
26	Wellington	Wellington	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 boy	nmod
27	(	(	PUNCT	_	28 koro	punct
28	koro	koro	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 boy	appos
29	=	=	SYM	_	30 grandad	punct
30	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 koro	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 sweet	punct
32	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 koro	appos
33	as	as	ADP	_	35 great	case
34	=	=	SYM	_	35 great	punct
35	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 sweet	obl
36	)	)	PUNCT	_	28 koro	punct
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take in a quote	future	a boy = boy	him = he		the rest			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Theme card=Destination
2	say speech: assert	present	a boy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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: Good idea?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 idea	amod
2	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 idea	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No; you should only bring flowers to a rest home, never cards or games

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 bring	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 bring	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 bring	aux
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 bring	advmod
6	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bring	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 rest	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rest	det
10	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obl
11	home	home	ADV	_	6 bring	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cards	punct
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 cards	advmod
14	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bring	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 games	cc
16	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 cards	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	should	you	flowers		a rest		cards or games obl; home property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent flower=Theme to rest=Destination

Option 2

Only if the card is worth money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 worth	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 worth	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 card	det
4	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worth	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 worth	cop
6	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 money	amod
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the card					worth property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yes; sharing what you love helps him feel part of life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 sharing	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 helps	csubj
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 love	obj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 love	nsubj
6	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sharing	ccomp
7	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 helps	obj
9	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 helps	xcomp
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feel	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 life	case
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	share	gerund			tree rules
2	love	present	you		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
3	help	present	sharing	him = he	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
4	feel	infinitive	him = he not said here	part of life	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme

Option 4

No; old people hate football

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 old	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hate	nsubj
5	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	old people	football					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer football=Stimulus

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