Test 3 · ★ · Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired,…

that raven was lowkey rude, right

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: raven · What happens: be

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1183 «Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired, part 49: Ardan herds the old man's cows and is turned to stone» 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	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 raven	det
2	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rude	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rude	cop
4	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	_	5 rude	advmod
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 rude	punct
7	right	right	INTJ	_	5 rude	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that raven					lowkey, rude 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

nah the raven just asked for a bite and Ardan said no

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 asked	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 raven	det
3	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asked	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 asked	advmod
5	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 bite	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bite	det
8	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asked	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 said	cc
10	Ardan	Ardan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	conj
12	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	11 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the raven					for a bite	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	Ardan						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic

Option 2

nah Ardan was the rude one, he told the raven to seek food elsewhere and then he kept the big cake for himself anyway

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	2 Ardan	discourse
2	Ardan	Ardan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 one	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 one	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 one	det
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 told	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	nsubj
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 one	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 raven	det
11	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 seek	mark
13	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	xcomp
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 seek	obj
15	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	_	13 seek	advmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 kept	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 kept	advmod
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 kept	nsubj
19	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 told	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 cake	det
21	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 cake	amod
22	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 kept	obj
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 himself	case
24	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	19 kept	obl
25	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	19 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Ardan	the rude one			tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past	Ardan	the raven			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent raven=Recipient clause=Topic
3	seek not said to happen	to-infinitive	the raven not said here	food		elsewhere property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
4	keep	past	Ardan	the big cake	then	for Ardan; anyway property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme

Option 3

nah Ardan was the rude one, he said seek food elsewhere to a hungry bird that only wanted one small crumb of bread

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 one	discourse
2	Ardan	Ardan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 one	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 one	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 one	det
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 one	punct
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	root	root
10	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seek	obj
12	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	_	10 seek	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 bird	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 bird	det
15	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 bird	amod
16	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seek	obl
17	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 wanted	nsubj
18	only	only	ADV	_	19 wanted	advmod
19	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 bird	acl:relcl
20	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 crumb	nummod
21	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 crumb	amod
22	crumb	crumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 wanted	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 bread	case
24	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 crumb	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Ardan	the rude one		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	Ardan			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	seek	infinitive		food	to a hungry bird; elsewhere property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
4	want	past	a hungry bird	one small crumb of bread		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot crumb=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nah Ardan was the rude one, he said seek food elsewhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 one	discourse
2	Ardan	Ardan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 one	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 one	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 one	det
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 one	punct
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	root	root
10	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seek	obj
12	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	_	10 seek	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Ardan	the rude one		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	Ardan			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	seek	infinitive		food	elsewhere property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

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