Test 11 · ★★★ · Life and death: putting it all together
«So is death sad or is it just a normal part of life?» asks a thoughtful girl. Which answer is wisest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: thoughtful girl, death, answer · What happens: be, ask · To what, where: normal part · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 80 «Life and death: putting it all together» 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: «So is death sad or is it just a normal part of life?» asks a thoughtful girl.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 sad | punct |
| 2 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 sad | advmod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sad | cop |
| 4 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sad | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 asks | advcl |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 part | cc |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 part | cop |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 part | nsubj |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 part | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 part | det |
| 11 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 part | amod |
| 12 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sad | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 life | case |
| 14 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 part | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 sad | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 sad | punct |
| 17 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 girl | det |
| 19 | thoughtful | thoughtful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 girl | amod |
| 20 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 asks | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | a thoughtful girl not said here | death obl:unmarked; sad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | death | a normal part | of life | tree rules | |||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | present | a thoughtful girl | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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: Which answer is wisest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 answer | det |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wisest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wisest | cop |
| 4 | wisest | wise | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wisest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which answer | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Neither; death doesn't really happen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 7 happen | advmod |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 happen | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 happen | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 happen | advmod |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 happen | advmod |
| 7 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not happen | present · do-support | death | neither property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Both: it's natural, and losing someone is still sad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 natural | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 natural | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 natural | expl |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 natural | cop |
| 5 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sad | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 sad | cc |
| 8 | losing | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 sad | csubj |
| 9 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 losing | obj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 sad | cop |
| 11 | still | still | ADV | _ | 12 sad | advmod |
| 12 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 natural | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Both | natural property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | gerund | someone | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | is | present | losing | still | sad property | tree rules |
Option 3
Only normal; nobody should ever feel sad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 normal | advmod |
| 2 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 feel | punct |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 feel | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 feel | aux |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 feel | advmod |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 normal | parataxis |
| 8 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feel | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | should | nobody | ever | sad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Only sad; nature never includes death
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 sad | advmod |
| 2 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 nature | amod |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 sad | punct |
| 4 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 includes | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 includes | advmod |
| 6 | includes | include | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 includes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not include | present | sad nature | death | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme |
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