Test 8 · ★★★ · Life and death: putting it all together
In a cartoon, a kid learns «death is nothing to be scared of» in one episode and never feels afraid again. What's more true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, death · What happens: learn, be, not feel · To what, where: cartoon, nothing, one episode · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: In a cartoon, a kid learns «death is nothing to be scared of» in one episode and never feels afraid again.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 learns | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 learns | nsubj |
| 7 | learns | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 nothing | punct |
| 9 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 nothing | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 nothing | cop |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 learns | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 scared | mark |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 scared | cop |
| 14 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 nothing | acl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 scared | obl |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 scared | punct |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 episode | case |
| 18 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 episode | nummod |
| 19 | episode | episode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 scared | obl |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 feels | cc |
| 21 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 22 feels | advmod |
| 22 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 learns | conj |
| 23 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 feels | xcomp |
| 24 | again | again | ADV | _ | 22 feels | advmod |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 learns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | a kid | a cartoon | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | death | nothing | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | to-infinitive | a kid not said here | one episode | scared property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | not feel | present | a kid not said here | again | afraid property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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 more true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 true | amod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
One talk fixes fear for ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 talk | nummod |
| 2 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fixes | nsubj |
| 3 | fixes | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fixes | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 ever | case |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 fixes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present | One talk | fear | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fear=Product for ever=Beneficiary |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Only cartoons have fears about death
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 cartoons | advmod |
| 2 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fears | fear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 death | case |
| 6 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fears | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | cartoons | fears | about death | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient |
Option 3
Being scared again means you failed the lesson and have to start all over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 scared | cop |
| 2 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | nsubj |
| 3 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 scared | advmod |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 failed | nsubj |
| 6 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lesson | det |
| 8 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 failed | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 have | cc |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 failed | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 start | mark |
| 12 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 have | xcomp |
| 13 | all | all | ADV | _ | 14 over | advmod |
| 14 | over | over | ADV | _ | 12 start | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | again | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | scared | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | fail | past | you | the lesson | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | have | present | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | start | to-infinitive | you not said here | over property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Fears come and go, and talking helps each time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fears | fear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 go | cc |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 come | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 helps | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 helps | cc |
| 7 | talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 helps | nsubj |
| 8 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 come | parataxis |
| 9 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 time | det |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 helps | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Fears | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go | present | Fears not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | talk | gerund | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | help | present | time | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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