--- title: Olly can't sleep: «what if you die tomorrow??» What's the most helpf… — Dementia and the first death in the fa… · tree and pragmatics description: Olly can't sleep: «what if you die tomorrow??» What's the most helpful thing for him to do? 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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Olly can't sleep: «what if you die tomorrow??» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t8:1 # text = Olly can't sleep: «what if you die tomorrow??» 1 Olly Olly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 obl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sleep** | can | Olly | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | tomorrow | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 most helpful thing for him to do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t8:2 # text = What's the most helpful thing for him to do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 helpful helpful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the helpful thing | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | Olly | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Keep the worry secret ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t8:o1:1 # text = Keep the worry secret 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 worry worry NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the worry secret | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Stay awake all night guarding ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t8:o2:1 # text = Stay awake all night guarding 1 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 guarding guard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | night | awake *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **guard** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Google scary things ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t8:o3:1 # text = Google scary things 1 Google Google PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 scary scary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Ask Mum and talk about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t8:o4:1 # text = Ask Mum and talk about it 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | Mum | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient | | 2 | **talk** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | about it | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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