Test 12 · ★★★ · Life and death: putting it all together

Myth to check: «Once the funeral's over, grief is over.»

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: funeral, grief · What happens: check, be

This is test 12 · ★★★ 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

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	_	10 over	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 over	punct
6	Once	once	SCONJ	_	10 over	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 funeral	det
8	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 over	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 over	cop
10	over	over	ADV	_	1 Myth	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 over	punct
12	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 over	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 over	cop
14	over	over	ADV	_	10 over	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 over	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 over	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	check	to-infinitive			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	the funeral	over property	tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	grief	over 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.

The options

Option 1

True, but only for grown-ups, not for small children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ups	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ups	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 ups	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 ups	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 ups	case
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 ups	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 grown	punct
8	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 children	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 children	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 children	case
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 children	amod
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ups	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

True; funerals end all grief for good, for everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 funerals	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	funerals	funeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 end	nsubj
4	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 grief	det
6	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 end	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 good	case
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 end	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 everyone	punct
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 everyone	case
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 end	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	True funerals	all grief				for good; for everyone	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality grief=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

False; grief comes in waves and softens slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grief	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 False	punct
3	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	nsubj
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 waves	case
6	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 comes	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 softens	cc
8	softens	soften	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 comes	conj
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	8 softens	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	False grief			waves			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wave=Location
2	soften	present	False grief not said here					slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

False; grief always gets worse every single year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grief	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 False	punct
3	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 gets	advmod
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 gets	xcomp
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 year	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 year	amod
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	False grief				year	always, bad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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