Test 6 · ★★★ · Life and death: putting it all together
«Will I ever stop missin' me mam?» asks Lily in a Belfast accent. Which answer is honest and kind?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lily, answer · What happens: stop, ask, be · To what, where: missin, Belfast accent · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: «Will I ever stop missin' me mam?» asks Lily in a Belfast accent.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 stop | punct |
| 2 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stop | aux |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 stop | nsubj |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 stop | advmod |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 asks | ccomp |
| 6 | missin | missin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stop | obj |
| 7 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 stop | punct |
| 8 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 stop | obj |
| 9 | mam | mam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stop | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 stop | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 stop | punct |
| 12 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 asks | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 accent | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 accent | det |
| 16 | Belfast | Belfast | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 accent | compound |
| 17 | accent | accent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 asks | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop in a quote | future | Lily | missin | ever | tree rules | |||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | Lily | a Belfast accent | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how 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: Which answer is honest and kind?
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 honest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 honest | cop |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 kind | cc |
| 6 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 honest | conj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 honest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which answer | honest property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | which answer not said here | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Only if you stop talking about her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 stop | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 stop | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 stop | nsubj |
| 4 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 stop | xcomp |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 talking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | you | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | talk | gerund | you not said here | about her = she | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about she=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You may always miss her a bit, but it'll get softer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 miss | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 miss | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 miss | advmod |
| 4 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 miss | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 miss | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 get | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 get | cc |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 get | nsubj |
| 11 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 get | aux |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 miss | conj |
| 13 | softer | soft | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | may | You | her = she | a bit obl:unmarked; always property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | get | future | bit | soft property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
No, it'll hurt the same for ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 hurt | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hurt | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | aux |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 same | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hurt | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 ever | case |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 hurt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | future | it | the same | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer same=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, in a week it'll all be gone and you won't miss her at all
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 10 gone | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 week | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 week | det |
| 5 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gone | obl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 gone | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 gone | aux |
| 8 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 gone | advmod |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 gone | aux:pass |
| 10 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 miss | cc |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 miss | nsubj |
| 13 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 miss | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 miss | advmod |
| 15 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 gone | conj |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 miss | obj |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 all | case |
| 18 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 miss | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | future · passive | it | week | all property | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | not miss | future | you | her = she | all | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
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