Test 8 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two p…

he gave her a whole year to think, that's dead generous, right

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, that · What happens: give, think, be · To what, where: her

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1086 «Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two princesses and Riquet's bargain» 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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 year	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 year	amod
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 think	mark
8	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 year	acl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 generous	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 generous	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 generous	cop
12	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 generous	amod
13	generous	generous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gave	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 generous	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	2 gave	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	her = she	year		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	think speech: other	to-infinitive	he not said here				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	that			generous property	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

yeah, but she reckoned the year would never end, so she said yes sharpish

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 reckoned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 reckoned	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 reckoned	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 reckoned	nsubj
5	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 end	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 end	aux
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 end	advmod
10	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reckoned	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 said	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 said	advmod
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 said	nsubj
14	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reckoned	conj
15	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	16 sharpish	discourse
16	sharpish	sharpish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	reckon	past	she	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not end	would	the year	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert	past	she	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

yeah, but she reckoned the year would never end, and she was dead keen to get wit

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 reckoned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 reckoned	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 reckoned	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 reckoned	nsubj
5	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 end	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 end	aux
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 end	advmod
10	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reckoned	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 keen	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 keen	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 keen	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 keen	cop
15	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 keen	amod
16	keen	keen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reckoned	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 get	mark
18	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 keen	acl
19	wit	wit	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	reckon	past	she		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not end	would	the year		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	is a	past	she	dead keen	tree rules
4	get	to-infinitive	she not said here	wit	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wit=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, but she thought it was too long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thought	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 thought	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thought	nsubj
5	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 long	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 long	cop
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 long	advmod
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	she						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	it					long property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, but she reckoned the year would never end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 reckoned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 reckoned	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 reckoned	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 reckoned	nsubj
5	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 end	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 end	aux
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 end	advmod
10	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reckoned	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	she						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not end	would	the year						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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