Test 7 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32…

Hang on, why did everyone kiss Segda on the cheeks before the big moment?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, everyone · What happens: hang on, kiss · To what, where: Segda, cheeks

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	1 Hang	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 kiss	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 kiss	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 kiss	aux
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 kiss	nsubj
7	kiss	kiss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hang	conj
8	Segda	Segda	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 kiss	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 cheeks	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cheeks	det
11	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kiss	obl
12	before	before	ADP	_	15 moment	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 moment	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 moment	amod
15	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kiss	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Hang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang on	imperative	you not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	kiss	past · do-support	everyone	Segda		the cheeks	moment		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent segda=Co-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

It was the polite way to say bye, three kisses each side, because the poets told them to do it

The tree, 20 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	5 way	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	bye	bye	INTJ	_	7 say	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kisses	punct
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 kisses	nummod
11	kisses	kiss	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 way	appos
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 side	det
13	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kisses	nmod:unmarked
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 told	punct
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	18 told	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 poets	det
17	poets	poet	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 told	nsubj
18	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 way	conj
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 told	iobj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 do	mark
21	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 told	xcomp
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the polite way		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bye=Topic
3	tell speech: assert	past	the poets		kisses = kiss	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
4	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	the poets not said here	side		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

It was the proper way to say goodbye, like

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	5 way	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct
10	like	like	INTJ	_	5 way	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the proper way					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		goodbye					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic

Option 3

They were saying goodbye, three kisses each

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saying	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 kisses	punct
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 kisses	nummod
7	kisses	kiss	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saying	obj
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 kisses	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · progressive	They	goodbye					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent goodbye=Theme kiss=Manner

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was the polite way to say bye, three each

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	5 way	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	bye	bye	INTJ	_	7 say	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 three	punct
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 way	nmod
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 three	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the polite way				three nmod	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bye=Topic

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