Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king'…

why did the bride say she dropped her necklace?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bride · What happens: say, drop · To what, where: necklace · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1168 «Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king's magic is ruined, and a bride asks for a buffalo» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bride	det
4	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dropped	nsubj
7	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 necklace	nmod:poss
9	necklace	necklace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dropped	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the bride						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drop	past	bride	bride's necklace					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent necklace=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

it was a fake excuse, she really wanted the buffalo to come home with her, so sneaky

The tree, 17 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 excuse	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 excuse	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 excuse	det
4	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 excuse	amod
5	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wanted	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wanted	nsubj
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 wanted	advmod
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 excuse	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 buffalo	det
11	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wanted	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 come	mark
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wanted	xcomp
14	home	home	ADV	_	13 come	advmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 her	case
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 come	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sneaky	punct
18	so	so	ADV	_	19 sneaky	advmod
19	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 excuse	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a fake excuse		tree rules
2	want	past	she	the buffalo		tree rules
3	come not said to happen	to-infinitive	the buffalo not said here		with her = she; home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	be					tree rules

Option 2

it was a cover, she wanted him

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	4 cover	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cover	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cover	det
4	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wanted	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wanted	nsubj
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cover	acl:relcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a cover					tree rules
2	want	past	she	him = he					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

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

it was a fake excuse, she wanted the buffalo, sneaky

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 excuse	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 excuse	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 excuse	det
4	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 excuse	amod
5	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wanted	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wanted	nsubj
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 excuse	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 buffalo	det
10	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wanted	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sneaky	punct
12	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 excuse	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a fake excuse	tree rules
2	want	past	she	the buffalo	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot buffalo=Theme
3	be				tree rules

Option 4

she lied, she wanted the cow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lied	nsubj
2	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wanted	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lied	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cow	det
7	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	she						tree rules
2	want	past	she	the cow					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cow=Theme

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