Test 12 · ★ · Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard, part 4: a rude girl'…

So what's the lesson in those verses, like, what's the moral?

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

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1079 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard, part 4: a rude girl's words turn to toads, and Blue Beard finds blood on the key» 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	_	5 lesson	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 lesson	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lesson	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lesson	det
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 verses	case
7	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 verses	det
8	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lesson	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 moral	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	15 moral	case
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 moral	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 moral	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 moral	det
15	moral	moral	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 verses	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the lesson		that verses and the moral			tree rules
2	is	present	that verses and the moral					like the moral	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

Being polite gets you rewarded later, but being nosy in a locked room gets you killed, so don't do that

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 polite	cop
2	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gets	csubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 gets	obj
5	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gets	xcomp
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 rewarded	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 gets	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 gets	cc
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 nosy	cop
10	nosy	nosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 gets	csubj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 room	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 room	det
13	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 room	amod
14	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nosy	obl
15	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gets	conj
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 killed	nsubj
17	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 gets	ccomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 do	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	22 do	advmod
20	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	22 do	aux
21	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 do	advmod
22	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 gets	parataxis
23	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	gerund				polite property	tree rules
2	get	present		you			tree rules
3	reward	participle	you not said here			late property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
4	is	gerund			a locked room	nosy property	tree rules
5	lock	participle					vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
6	get	present					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7	kill	past	you				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
8	not do	infinitive · do-support		that			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

Option 2

Rich men always get the girls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 men	amod
2	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 get	advmod
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 girls	det
6	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Rich men	the girls				always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus

Option 3

Good looks win in the end, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 looks	amod
2	looks	look	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 win	nsubj
3	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 end	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 end	det
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 win	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bro	punct
8	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	Good looks				in the end and bro		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in end=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Being polite gets you rewarded later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 polite	cop
2	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gets	csubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 rewarded	nsubj
5	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gets	xcomp
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 gets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	gerund		polite property	tree rules
2	get	present		late property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	reward	participle	you		vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent

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