Test 9 · ★ · Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home an…

What's the deal with that weird memorial box?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: deal · What happens: be

This is test 9 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 deal	det
4	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 box	case
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 box	nsubj
7	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 box	amod
8	memorial	memorial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 box	amod
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deal	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the deal with weird memorial box						tree rules

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

It's a reliquary for his gran, weird as, she had a lamb and a salmon and they're carved all over it

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reliquary	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reliquary	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reliquary	det
4	reliquary	reliquary	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 gran	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 gran	nmod:poss
7	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reliquary	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 weird	punct
9	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reliquary	parataxis
10	as	as	ADV	_	9 weird	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 had	punct
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 had	nsubj
13	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reliquary	parataxis
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 lamb	det
15	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 had	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 salmon	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 salmon	det
18	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lamb	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 carved	cc
20	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 carved	nsubj
21	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 carved	aux:pass
22	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 had	conj
23	all	all	ADV	_	25 it	advmod
24	over	over	ADP	_	25 it	case
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 carved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a reliquary		for his gran	tree rules
2	have	past	she	a lamb and a salmon			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Patient
3	carve	present · passive		lamb	salmon		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Dunno, some saint's bones in a box

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dunno	Dunno	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bones	punct
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 saint	det
4	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bones	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 saint	case
6	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Dunno	appos
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 box	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 box	det
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bones	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

It's a shrine for the dead king, made from silver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shrine	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shrine	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shrine	det
4	shrine	shrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 king	amod
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shrine	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 made	punct
10	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 shrine	acl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 silver	case
12	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a shrine				for the dead king	tree rules
2	make	participle		a shrine not said here		silver			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from silver=Material

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It's a reliquary for his gran, weird as, she had a lamb and a salmon

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reliquary	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reliquary	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reliquary	det
4	reliquary	reliquary	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 gran	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 gran	nmod:poss
7	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reliquary	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 weird	punct
9	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reliquary	parataxis
10	as	as	ADV	_	9 weird	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 had	punct
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 had	nsubj
13	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reliquary	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 lamb	det
15	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 had	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 salmon	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 salmon	det
18	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lamb	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a reliquary				for his gran	tree rules
2	have	past	she	a lamb and a salmon					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Patient

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