Test 11 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old

Myth to check: «A dying person doesn't care about visitors any more.»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dying person · What happens: check, die, not care

This is test 11 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 check	mark
3	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Myth	acl
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Myth	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 care	punct
6	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
7	dying	die	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 person	amod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 care	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 care	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 care	advmod
11	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Myth	parataxis
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 visitors	case
13	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 care	obl
14	any	any	ADV	_	15 more	advmod
15	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 care	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 care	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 care	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	check	to-infinitive			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	die in a quote	gerund			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	not care in a quote	present · do-support	a dying person	about visitors	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about visitor=Stimulus

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

True, because by then they cannot hear anyone at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hear	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 hear	mark
4	by	by	ADP	_	3 because	fixed
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 hear	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hear	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hear	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hear	advmod
9	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 True	parataxis
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 hear	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear	can	they	anyone		all	then		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus

Option 2

False, but only if the visitors bring nice gifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bring	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bring	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 bring	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 bring	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 bring	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 visitors	det
7	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bring	nsubj
8	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gifts	amod
10	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	the visitors	nice gifts					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gift=Theme

Option 3

True; they want to be left alone, in peace and quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 True	parataxis
5	to	to	PART	_	7 left	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 left	aux:pass
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 want	xcomp
8	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 left	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 peace	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 peace	case
11	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 True	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 quiet	cc
13	quiet	quiet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 True	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	True						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	True not said here					alone property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

False; company and kindness still matter a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 company	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 company	punct
3	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 matter	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 kindness	cc
5	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 company	conj
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 matter	advmod
7	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lot	det
9	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 matter	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	False company and kindness	a lot			still		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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