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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.

casedetoblpunctdetnsubjpunctnsubjcopobjmarkcopacloblpunctcasenummodoblccadvmodconjxcompadvmodpunctrootInADPaDETcartoonNOUN,PUNCTaDETkidNOUNlearnsVERB«PUNCTdeathNOUNisAUXnothingPRONtoPARTbeAUXscaredADJofADP»PUNCTinADPoneNUMepisodeNOUNandCCONJneverADVfeelsVERBafraidADJagainADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 cartooncase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 cartoondet
3cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing7 learnsobl
4,,PUNCT_3 cartoonpunct
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 kiddet
6kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing7 learnsnsubj
7learnslearnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8««PUNCT_11 nothingpunct
9deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing11 nothingnsubj
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 nothingcop
11nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg7 learnsobj
12totoPART_14 scaredmark
13bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf14 scaredcop
14scaredscaredADJDegree=Pos11 nothingacl
15ofofADP_14 scaredobl
16»»PUNCT_14 scaredpunct
17ininADP_19 episodecase
18oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card19 episodenummod
19episodeepisodeNOUNNumber=Sing14 scaredobl
20andandCCONJ_22 feelscc
21neverneverADVPronType=Neg22 feelsadvmod
22feelsfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 learnsconj
23afraidafraidADJDegree=Pos22 feelsxcomp
24againagainADV_22 feelsadvmod
25..PUNCT_7 learnspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1learnpresenta kida cartoonvn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2is a in a quotepresentdeathnothingtree rules
3is in a quoteto-infinitivea kid not said hereone episodescared propertytree rules
4not feelpresenta kid not said hereagainafraid propertyvn 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?

nsubjcopamodpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXmoreADJtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 truensubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 truecop
3moremoreADJDegree=Cmp4 trueamod
4truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

One talk fixes fear for ever

nummodnsubjobjcaseoblrootOneNUMtalkNOUNfixesVERBfearNOUNforADPeverADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 talknummod
2talktalkNOUNNumber=Sing3 fixesnsubj
3fixesfixVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4fearfearNOUNNumber=Sing3 fixesobj
5forforADP_6 evercase
6evereverADVPronType=Ind3 fixesobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fixpresentOne talkfearvn 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

advmodnsubjobjcasenmodrootOnlyADVcartoonsNOUNhaveVERBfearsNOUNaboutADPdeathNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_2 cartoonsadvmod
2cartoonscartoonNOUNNumber=Plur3 havensubj
3havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4fearsfearNOUNNumber=Plur3 haveobj
5aboutaboutADP_6 deathcase
6deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing4 fearsnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentcartoonsfearsabout deathvn 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

copnsubjadvmodnsubjccompdetobjccconjmarkxcompadvmodadvmodrootBeingAUXscaredADJagainADVmeansVERByouPRONfailedVERBtheDETlessonNOUNandCCONJhaveVERBtoPARTstartVERBallADVoverADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BeingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 scaredcop
2scaredscaredADJDegree=Pos4 meansnsubj
3againagainADV_2 scaredadvmod
4meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs6 failednsubj
6failedfailVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 meansccomp
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 lessondet
8lessonlessonNOUNNumber=Sing6 failedobj
9andandCCONJ_10 havecc
10havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 failedconj
11totoPART_12 startmark
12startstartVERBVerbForm=Inf10 havexcomp
13allallADV_14 overadvmod
14overoverADV_12 startadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1isgerundagainscared propertytree rules
2meanpresentscaredvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3failpastyouthe lessonvn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Eventuality
4havepresentyou not said heretree rules
5startto-infinitiveyou not said hereover propertyvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Fears come and go, and talking helps each time

nsubjccconjpunctccnsubjparataxisdetobjrootFearsNOUNcomeVERBandCCONJgoVERB,PUNCTandCCONJtalkingVERBhelpsVERBeachDETtimeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FearsfearNOUNNumber=Plur2 comensubj
2comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3andandCCONJ_4 gocc
4gogoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 comeconj
5,,PUNCT_8 helpspunct
6andandCCONJ_8 helpscc
7talkingtalkVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 helpsnsubj
8helpshelpVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 comeparataxis
9eacheachDETPronType=Tot10 timedet
10timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing8 helpsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepresentFearsvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2gopresentFears not said herevn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3talkgerundvn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4helppresenttimevn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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