Test 7 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old «Sittin' with Gran all night when she's asleep? That's a reet waste,» says a boy in Lancashire (reet = right/real). Why do families do it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, That, families · What happens: be, say, do · To what, where: reet waste, boy, Lancashire, waste · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: «Sittin' with Gran all night when she's asleep?
punct punct case nmod det obl:unmarked mark nsubj cop advcl punct root « PUNCT Sittin PROPN ' PUNCT with ADP Gran PROPN all DET night NOUN when SCONJ she PRON 's AUX asleep ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Sittin punct 2 Sittin Sittin PROPN Number=Sing root root 3 ' ' PUNCT _ 2 Sittin punct 4 with with ADP _ 5 Gran case 5 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 2 Sittin nmod 6 all all DET PronType=Tot 7 night det 7 night night NOUN Number=Sing 2 Sittin obl:unmarked 8 when when SCONJ _ 11 asleep mark 9 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 asleep nsubj 10 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 asleep cop 11 asleep asleep ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Sittin advcl 12 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 Sittin punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present Gran asleep 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: That's a reet waste,» says a boy in Lancashire (reet = right/real).
nsubj cop det amod ccomp punct punct det obj case nmod punct appos punct conj punct punct root That PRON 's AUX a DET reet ADJ waste NOUN , PUNCT » PUNCT says VERB a DET boy NOUN in ADP Lancashire PROPN ( PUNCT reet NOUN = SYM right/real NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 5 waste nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 waste cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 waste det 4 reet reet ADJ Degree=Pos 5 waste amod 5 waste waste NOUN Number=Sing 8 says ccomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 waste punct 7 » » PUNCT _ 8 says punct 8 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 boy det 10 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 8 says obj 11 in in ADP _ 12 Lancashire case 12 Lancashire Lancashire PROPN Number=Sing 10 boy nmod 13 ( ( PUNCT _ 14 reet punct 14 reet reet NOUN Number=Sing 10 boy appos 15 = = SYM _ 16 right/real punct 16 right/real right/real NOUN Number=Sing 14 reet conj 17 ) ) PUNCT _ 14 reet punct 18 . . PUNCT _ 8 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present That a reet waste tree rules 2 say speech: assert in a quote present a boy Lancashire vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent boy=Theme in lancashire=Manner
Sentence 3: Why do families do it?
advmod aux nsubj obj punct root Why ADV do AUX families NOUN do VERB it PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 do advmod 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 families family NOUN Number=Plur 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 do obj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present · do-support families waste vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Because it's the law in hospices that someone must sit with every patient all night
The tree, 16 words mark expl cop det obl case nmod mark nsubj aux case det obl det obl:unmarked root Because SCONJ it PRON 's AUX the DET law NOUN in ADP hospices NOUN that SCONJ someone PRON must AUX sit VERB with ADP every DET patient NOUN all DET night NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Because because SCONJ _ 5 law mark 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 law expl 3 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 law cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 law det 5 law law NOUN Number=Sing 11 sit obl 6 in in ADP _ 7 hospices case 7 hospices hospice NOUN Number=Plur 5 law nmod 8 that that SCONJ _ 11 sit mark 9 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 11 sit nsubj 10 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 sit aux 11 sit sit VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 12 with with ADP _ 14 patient case 13 every every DET PronType=Tot 14 patient det 14 patient patient NOUN Number=Sing 11 sit obl 15 all all DET PronType=Tot 16 night det 16 night night NOUN Number=Sing 11 sit obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the law hospices tree rules 2 sit must someone night with every patient vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Because nurses don't work at night in hospices
mark nsubj aux advmod case obl case obl root Because SCONJ nurses NOUN do AUX n't PART work VERB at ADP night NOUN in ADP hospices NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Because because SCONJ _ 5 work mark 2 nurses nurse NOUN Number=Plur 5 work nsubj 3 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 work aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 work advmod 5 work work VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 at at ADP _ 7 night case 7 night night NOUN Number=Sing 5 work obl 8 in in ADP _ 9 hospices case 9 hospices hospice NOUN Number=Plur 5 work obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not work present · do-support nurses night in hospices vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in hospice=Theme
Option 3 To make sure nobody steals her things
mark csubj amod obj nmod:poss obj root To PART make VERB sure ADJ nobody PRON steals VERB her PRON things NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 make mark 2 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 steals csubj 3 sure sure ADJ Degree=Pos 4 nobody amod 4 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 2 make obj 5 steals steal VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 things nmod:poss 7 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 5 steals obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make to-infinitive nobody vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nobody=Product 2 steal present her things vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thing=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer So she's never alone and may sense someone near
advmod nsubj cop advmod ccomp cc aux obj advmod root So ADV she PRON 's AUX never ADV alone ADV and CCONJ may AUX sense VERB someone PRON near ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 So so ADV _ 8 sense advmod 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 alone nsubj 3 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 alone cop 4 never never ADV PronType=Neg 5 alone advmod 5 alone alone ADV _ 1 So ccomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 sense cc 7 may may AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 sense aux 8 sense sense VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 9 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 sense obj 10 near near ADV _ 8 sense advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is present she alone property tree rules 2 sense may someone near property vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus
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