Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king'…

the frog's hella bossy though, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hella bossy · What happens: innit

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 frog	det
2	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bossy	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 frog	case
4	hella	hella	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bossy	compound
5	bossy	bossy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 innit	nsubj
6	though	though	ADV	_	8 innit	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 though	punct
8	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 innit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	innit	infinitive	the frog's hella bossy					though 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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she fixed her eye on the guard, croaked a stern command at him, and he just obeyed her without a single word of complaint

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fixed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fixed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fixed	nsubj
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eye	nmod:poss
6	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fixed	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 guard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guard	det
9	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fixed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 croaked	punct
11	croaked	croak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fixed	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 command	det
13	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 command	amod
14	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 croaked	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 croaked	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 obeyed	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 obeyed	cc
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 obeyed	nsubj
20	just	just	ADV	_	21 obeyed	advmod
21	obeyed	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fixed	conj
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 obeyed	obj
23	without	without	ADP	_	26 word	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 word	det
25	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 word	amod
26	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 obeyed	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 complaint	case
28	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fix	past	she	her eye	the guard		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
2	croak	past	she not said here	a stern command		at him = he	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent command=Theme at he=Stimulus
3	obey	past	he	her = she		without a single word of complaint	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
4	word			complaint			nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Yeah, she shouted and the guard ran off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 shouted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shouted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	nsubj
4	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ran	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 guard	det
7	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ran	nsubj
8	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shouted	conj
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	she						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	run off	past	the guard						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she fixed her eye on the guard and he just obeyed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fixed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fixed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fixed	nsubj
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eye	nmod:poss
6	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fixed	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 guard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guard	det
9	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fixed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 obeyed	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 obeyed	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 obeyed	advmod
13	obeyed	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fixed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	past	she	her eye		the guard			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
2	obey	past	he						vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nah, she asked him politely and he said no

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 asked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	iobj
6	politely	politely	ADV	_	4 asked	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	conj
10	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	she		him = he			politely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic

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