Test 8 · ★ · Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home an…

Did the king just say yes to her, then?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: say · To what, where: her · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1053 «Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home and the king turns her scolding into a joke» of the books 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 say	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 say	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 then	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 say	parataxis
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the king		her = she				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to she=Recipient

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

Nah, he shook his head at first then changed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 shook	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shook	nsubj
4	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shook	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 first	case
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 shook	obl
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 changed	advmod
10	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 shook	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past	he	his head					vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent head=Theme at first=Trajectory
2	change	participle	he not said here				then		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he said it'd be done like the queen said

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 said	conj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 done	nsubj:pass
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 done	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 done	aux:pass
8	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 said	ccomp
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 queen	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 queen	det
11	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 done	obl
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	would · passive		it	like the queen	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert	past				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he said it'd be done like the queen said, after he'd teased her and laughed about the whole thing

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 done	nsubj:pass
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 done	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 done	aux:pass
8	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 said	ccomp
9	like	like	SCONJ	_	12 said	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 queen	det
11	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	nsubj
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 done	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 teased	punct
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	17 teased	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 teased	nsubj:pass
16	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 teased	aux
17	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 done	conj
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 teased	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 laughed	cc
20	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
21	about	about	ADP	_	24 thing	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 thing	det
23	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 thing	amod
24	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	would · passive		it		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert	past	the queen			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	tease	past · perfect · passive		he		tree rules
5	laugh	past	he not said here		about the whole thing	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yeah, he said it'd be done like the queen said, but he's grumbling about it still

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 done	nsubj:pass
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 done	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 done	aux:pass
8	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 said	ccomp
9	like	like	SCONJ	_	12 said	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 queen	det
11	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	nsubj
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 done	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 grumbling	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 grumbling	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 grumbling	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 grumbling	aux
17	grumbling	grumble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 said	advcl
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 grumbling	obl
20	still	still	ADV	_	17 grumbling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	would · passive		it			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert	past	the queen				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	grumble speech: other	present · progressive	he		still	about it	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

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