Test 2 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32…

Bruv, why did the queen's dad go all quiet and not chat when Conn came in?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, Conn · What happens: go, not chat, come in

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 go	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 go	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 go	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 queen	det
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dad	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 queen	case
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	nsubj
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	all	all	ADV	_	11 quiet	advmod
11	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 go	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 chat	cc
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 chat	advmod
14	chat	chat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 go	conj
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 came	advmod
16	Conn	Conn	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 came	nsubj
17	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 chat	advcl
18	in	in	ADV	_	17 came	advmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	the queen's dad	Bruv vocative; quiet property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not chat speech: other	infinitive	the queen's dad not said here		vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	come in	past	Conn		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

He was upset about the land and his lad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 upset	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 upset	cop
3	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 land	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 land	det
6	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 upset	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lad	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 lad	nmod:poss
9	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 land	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					about the land and his lad; upset property	tree rules

Option 2

He was properly gobsmacked, the queen's dad, and well fed up about his lad going off

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gobsmacked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gobsmacked	aux:pass
3	properly	properly	ADV	_	4 gobsmacked	advmod
4	gobsmacked	gobsmack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dad	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 queen	det
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dad	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 queen	case
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gobsmacked	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fed	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 fed	cc
12	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 fed	advmod
13	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 gobsmacked	conj
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 fed	compound:prt
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 lad	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 lad	nmod:poss
17	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fed	obl
18	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 lad	acl
19	off	off	ADP	_	18 going	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	gobsmack	past · passive		He	the queen's dad obl; properly property	tree rules
2	feed up	participle			about his lad; well property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
3	go off	gerund	his lad not said here			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He was just tired, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tired	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tired	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 tired	advmod
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mate	punct
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tired	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					mate vocative; tired property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was gobsmacked and fed up about his lad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gobsmacked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gobsmacked	aux:pass
3	gobsmacked	gobsmack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 fed	cc
5	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gobsmacked	conj
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 fed	compound:prt
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 lad	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 lad	nmod:poss
9	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gobsmack	past · passive		He					tree rules
2	feed up	participle						about his lad	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

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