Test 14 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32…

So is the High King's bad luck over now, cuz the woman got them thinking?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bad luck · What happens: be, think · To what, where: bad luck

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1064 «Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32: Conn lands on a magic island, asks for the queen's son, and the boy is condemned to die» 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	So	so	ADV	_	8 luck	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 luck	cop
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	8 luck	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 King	case
7	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 luck	amod
8	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 thinking	nsubj
9	over	over	ADP	_	10 now	case
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 luck	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 got	punct
12	cuz	cuz	SCONJ	_	15 got	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 woman	det
14	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 got	nsubj
15	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 thinking	aux
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 got	obj
17	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 thinking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the High King's bad luck					tree rules
2	think speech: other	past	the High King's bad luck						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Yeah, the woman got them thinking, so it's sorted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 woman	det
4	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 got	obj
7	thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 got	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sorted	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 sorted	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sorted	nsubj:pass
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 sorted	aux:pass
12	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 got	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	past	the woman	them = they	tree rules
2	think speech: other	gerund	them = they not said here		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sort	present · passive		it	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Not yet, the story wants us to question everything the poets and magicians have claimed to know all along

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 yet	advmod
2	yet	yet	ADV	_	6 wants	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 yet	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wants	nsubj
6	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 wants	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 question	mark
9	question	question	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wants	xcomp
10	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 question	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 poets	det
12	poets	poet	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 claimed	nsubj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 magicians	cc
14	magicians	magician	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 poets	conj
15	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 claimed	aux
16	claimed	claim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 question	ccomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 know	mark
18	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 claimed	xcomp
19	all	all	ADV	_	20 along	advmod
20	along	along	ADV	_	18 know	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	the story	us	yet		tree rules
2	question speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	us not said here	everything			tree rules
3	claim speech: other	present · perfect	the poets and magicians				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	know	to-infinitive	the poets and magicians not said here			along property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Not yet, because the story really wants us to question what they all think they know, bruv, that's the point

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 yet	advmod
2	yet	yet	ADV	_	11 question	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 yet	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 wants	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 story	det
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wants	nsubj
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 wants	advmod
8	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 question	advcl
9	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 wants	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 question	mark
11	question	question	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 question	obj
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 think	nsubj
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 think	advmod
15	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 what	acl:relcl
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 know	nsubj
17	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 think	ccomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 bruv	punct
19	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 question	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 point	punct
21	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 point	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 point	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 point	det
24	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 question	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	want	present	the story	us		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot we=Theme
2	question speech: other	to-infinitive		bruv	yet	vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
3	think speech: other	present	they			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	know	present	they			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	is a	present	that	the point		tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Not yet, the story wants us to question what they know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 yet	advmod
2	yet	yet	ADV	_	6 wants	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 yet	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wants	nsubj
6	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 wants	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 question	mark
9	question	question	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wants	xcomp
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 know	obj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 know	nsubj
12	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 question	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	want	present	the story	us	yet	tree rules
2	question speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	us not said here			tree rules
3	know	present	they			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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