Test 8 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old
In a film, children run screaming from a care home because «old people are creepy». What's the real lesson?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: children, old people, real lesson · What happens: run, scream, be · To what, where: film, care home · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: In a film, children run screaming from a care home because «old people are creepy».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 run | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 run | nsubj |
| 6 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | screaming | scream | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 run | xcomp |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 home | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 home | det |
| 10 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 home | compound |
| 11 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 screaming | obl |
| 12 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 17 creepy | mark |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 17 creepy | punct |
| 14 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 people | amod |
| 15 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 creepy | nsubj |
| 16 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 creepy | cop |
| 17 | creepy | creepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 screaming | advcl |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 creepy | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 run | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | children | a film | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | scream speech: express | gerund | children not said here | a care home | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | old people | creepy 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: What's the real lesson?
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 lesson | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lesson | amod |
| 5 | lesson | lesson | 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 real lesson | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Old people don't like children at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 like | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 like | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 like | advmod |
| 5 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 like | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 like | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | present · do-support | Old people | children | all | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot child=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Old people are people who love visits and chats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 people | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 people | cop |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 love | nsubj |
| 6 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 people | acl:relcl |
| 7 | visits | visit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 love | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 chats | cc |
| 9 | chats | chat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 visits | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Old people | people | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | love | present | people | visits and chats | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer visit=Stimulus |
Option 3
Children should never visit care homes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 visit | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 visit | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 visit | advmod |
| 4 | visit | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 visit | obj |
| 6 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 visit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not visit | should | Children | care | tree rules |
Option 4
Care homes really are scary places, like in the film
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 homes | compound |
| 2 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 places | nsubj |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 places | advmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 places | cop |
| 5 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 places | amod |
| 6 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 film | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 film | case |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 film | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 film | det |
| 11 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 places | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Care homes | scary places | tree rules |
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