Test 2 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old
«Nan's care home is so boring, like, peak boredom, do I HAVE to go?» asks Oscar (peak = the worst). What's the wisest reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: care, Oscar, Nan, wisest reply · What happens: be, peak, have, go, ask, care · To what, where: boredom · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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: «Nan's care home is so boring, like, peak boredom, do I HAVE to go?» asks Oscar (peak = the worst).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 boring | punct |
| 2 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 care | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Nan | case |
| 4 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 boring | nsubj |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 care | appos |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 boring | cop |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 boring | advmod |
| 8 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 asks | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 peak | punct |
| 10 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 12 peak | discourse |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 like | punct |
| 12 | peak | peak | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 boring | parataxis |
| 13 | boredom | boredom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 peak | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 HAVE | punct |
| 15 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 HAVE | aux |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 HAVE | nsubj |
| 17 | HAVE | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 peak | conj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 go | mark |
| 19 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 HAVE | xcomp |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 boring | punct |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 boring | punct |
| 22 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | Oscar | Oscar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 asks | obj |
| 24 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 25 peak | punct |
| 25 | peak | peak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Oscar | appos |
| 26 | = | = | SYM | _ | 28 worst | punct |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 worst | det |
| 28 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 25 peak | appos |
| 29 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 25 peak | punct |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Nan's care | boring property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | peak in a quote | infinitive | boredom | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present · do-support | Oscar | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | go in a quote | to-infinitive | Oscar not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | ask speech: ask | present | Oscar | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | care in a quote | Nan | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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: What's the wisest reply?
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 reply | det |
| 4 | wisest | wise | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | 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 wisest reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only go when there's cake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 go | advmod |
| 2 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 's | advmod |
| 4 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 5 's | expl |
| 5 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 go | ccomp |
| 6 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 's | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | be | present | cake | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Go, but don't talk to her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 talk | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 talk | cc |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 talk | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 talk | advmod |
| 6 | talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not talk | infinitive · do-support | you not said here | her = she | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Your visit may be the best bit of Nan's week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 visit | nmod:poss |
| 2 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bit | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 bit | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 bit | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 bit | amod |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 week | case |
| 9 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 week | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Nan | case |
| 11 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bit | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | may | Your visit | the best bit | week | tree rules | |||
| 2 | visit | Your | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
No, stay home; Nan won't mind or even notice you're not there
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 stay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 stay | advmod |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 mind | punct |
| 6 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 mind | nsubj |
| 7 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 mind | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 mind | advmod |
| 9 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 stay | conj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 notice | cc |
| 11 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 notice | advmod |
| 12 | notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 mind | conj |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 there | nsubj |
| 14 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 there | cop |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 there | advmod |
| 16 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 notice | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | home property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not mind | future | Nan | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | notice | infinitive | Nan not said here | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | not is | present | you | there property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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