Test 11 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30:…
why'd the girl say she came over, the wagon?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: say, come over · To what, where: wagon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1062 «Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30: Conn grieves for his queen and a stranger comes out of the sea» 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 say | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | ccomp |
| 8 | over | over | ADV | _ | 7 came | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 wagon | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 wagon | det |
| 11 | wagon | wagon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | infinitive | the girl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | come over | past | girl | the wagon | over property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
She sought the High King
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sought | nsubj |
| 2 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 4 | High | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 King | amod |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sought | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seek | past | She | the High King | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |
Option 2
She'd been sent by her father to spy on the court
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sent | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 sent | aux:pass |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 father | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 father | nmod:poss |
| 7 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 spy | mark |
| 9 | spy | spy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sent | advcl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 court | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 court | det |
| 12 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 spy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · perfect · passive | her father | She | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | spy | to-infinitive | her father not said here | the court | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
She'd fallen for Art
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fallen | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fallen | aux |
| 3 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 Art | case |
| 5 | Art | Art | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fallen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past · perfect | She | for Art | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for art=Theme |
Option 4
She wanted Conn's crown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Conn | Conn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 crown | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Conn | case |
| 5 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | She | Conn's crown | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot crown=Theme | ||||
| 2 | crown | Conn | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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