Test 10 · The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides…

why is it called Richard the Lionheart, did he have a lion's heart

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Richard · What happens: call, have · To what, where: it, heart · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 18 «The lion: why people call it «king of the beasts»; prides and roars» of the biology 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 called	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 called	aux:pass
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 called	nsubj:pass
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	Richard	Richard	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 called	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Lionheart	det
7	Lionheart	Lionheart	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Richard	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 have	punct
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 have	aux
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 have	nsubj
11	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 called	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lion	det
13	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 heart	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 lion	case
15	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		it					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	have	past · do-support	Richard	a lion's heart					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, he kept a real lion as a pet at his castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lion	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lion	amod
7	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obj
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 pet	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pet	det
10	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 castle	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 castle	nmod:poss
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	a real lion		pet's castle		as a pet	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lion=Theme at castle=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it was a nickname for his bravery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 nickname	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 nickname	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 nickname	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 nickname	det
6	nickname	nickname	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 bravery	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bravery	nmod:poss
9	bravery	bravery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nickname	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a nickname				for his bravery	tree rules

Option 3

No, it was the name of his favourite horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 name	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 name	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 name	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 name	det
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 horse	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 horse	nmod:poss
9	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 horse	amod
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	the name				of his favourite horse	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, a real lion's heart was put into him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 put	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lion	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lion	amod
5	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heart	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 lion	case
7	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 put	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 put	aux:pass
9	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past · passive		a real lion's heart				into lion	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal

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