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Test 2 · ★★★ · Life and death: putting it all together

«His dad died, so I'll just avoid him till he's normal again,» says a lad in Leeds. What's the better plan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, lad, better plan · What happens: die, avoid, be, say · To what, where: dad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: «His dad died, so I'll just avoid him till he's normal again,» says a lad in Leeds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 died	punct
2	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dad	nmod:poss
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 died	nsubj
4	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 says	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 avoid	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 avoid	advmod
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 avoid	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 avoid	aux
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 avoid	advmod
10	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 died	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 avoid	obj
12	till	till	SCONJ	_	15 normal	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 normal	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 normal	cop
15	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 avoid	conj
16	again	again	ADV	_	15 normal	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 died	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 says	punct
19	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 lad	det
21	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 says	obj
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 Leeds	case
23	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 lad	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die in a quote	past	His dad						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	avoid in a quote	future	a lad = lad	dad					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent he=Location
3	is in a quote	present	dad				again	normal property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	present	a lad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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 better plan?

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 plan	det
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 plan	amod
5	plan	plan	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 better plan						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Tell him he'll get over it soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 get	nsubj
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
6	over	over	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 get	obl
8	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	get	future	he			it		soon property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over it=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Say «I'm sorry», then just be his normal mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 sorry	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 sorry	nsubj
4	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sorry	cop
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	ccomp
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 sorry	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 be	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 be	advmod
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 be	advmod
10	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	ccomp
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mate	nmod:poss
12	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mate	amod
13	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 be	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	I					sorry property	tree rules
3	be	infinitive	his normal mate				then		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Ask him lots of questions about how it happened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ask	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 questions	case
5	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lots	nmod
6	about	about	SCONJ	_	9 happened	mark
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 happened	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 happened	nsubj
9	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 questions	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	lots of questions	him = he				tree rules
2	happen	past	it						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Avoid him, he wants to be alone for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Avoid	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wants	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wants	nsubj
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Avoid	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	8 alone	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 alone	cop
8	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wants	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 ever	case
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 alone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent he=Location
2	want	present	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
3	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here					alone property	tree rules

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