Test 8 · ★ · Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4:…

Oi, what did the antelope's words end up meaning for the chief?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: words, antelope · What happens: do, end up, mean, word

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1138 «Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4: the Mirror is stolen and the white men take all the power» 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	Oi	oi	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 antelope	det
6	antelope	antelope	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 words	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 antelope	case
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 end	nsubj
9	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	conj
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 end	compound:prt
11	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 did	advcl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 chief	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 chief	det
14	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 meaning	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	end up	present	the antelope's words		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	mean	gerund		for the chief	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot for chief=Attribute
4	word		the antelope		nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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

His prize was gonna ruin him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 prize	nmod:poss
2	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ruin	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ruin	cop
4	gonna	gonna	PART	_	5 ruin	mark
5	ruin	ruin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ruin	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His prize					ruin property	tree rules

Option 2

He got rewarded

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	He						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	reward	participle	He not said here						vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

His reward was gonna be his undoing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 reward	nmod:poss
2	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 undoing	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 undoing	cop
4	gonna	gonna	PART	_	7 undoing	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 undoing	cop
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 undoing	nmod:poss
7	undoing	undoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	His reward	his undoing					tree rules
2	reward		His = he						nom reward «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

His gift ended up being his doom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 gift	nmod:poss
2	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ended	nsubj
3	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 ended	compound:prt
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 doom	cop
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 doom	nmod:poss
7	doom	doom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ended	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	end up	past	His gift		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	is a	gerund	His gift not said here	gift's doom	tree rules
3	gift		His = he		nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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