Test 2 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper, part 62: the king lo…

lowkey, why'd everybody think the king went mad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everybody, king · What happens: think, go · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1196 «Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper, part 62: the king loses his slipper and a youth offers a cure» 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 think	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 lowkey	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 think	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 think	aux
5	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 think	nsubj
6	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 think	ccomp
10	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 went	xcomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	would	everybody					lowkey vocative	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	go	past	the king					mad property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

he kept insisting the boat was sinking

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	insisting	insist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 sinking	csubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boat	det
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 insisting	obj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sinking	aux
7	sinking	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	past	he		tree rules
2	insist speech: other	gerund		the boat	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent boat=Topic
3	sink	past · progressive	insisting		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

he kept pointing at the water and screaming nonsense about a missing royal slipper for minutes

The tree, 16 words

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pointing	point	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pointing	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 screaming	cc
8	screaming	scream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 pointing	conj
9	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 screaming	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	14 slipper	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 slipper	det
12	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 slipper	amod
13	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 slipper	amod
14	slipper	slipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 screaming	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 minutes	case
16	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pointing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he					tree rules
2	point	gerund	he not said here		the water	minute		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	scream speech: express	gerund	he not said here	nonsense			about a missing royal slipper	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nonsense=Topic

Option 3

the sailors saw him waving his bare foot and repeating strange orders over and over again

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sailors	det
2	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saw	obj
5	waving	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 saw	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 foot	nmod:poss
7	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 foot	amod
8	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 waving	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 repeating	cc
10	repeating	repeat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 waving	conj
11	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 orders	amod
12	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 repeating	obj
13	over	over	ADV	_	10 repeating	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 over	cc
15	over	over	ADV	_	13 over	conj
16	again	again	ADV	_	5 waving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	the sailors	him = he			tree rules
2	wave	gerund	him = he not said here	his bare foot	again		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient
3	repeat	gerund	him = he not said here	strange orders		over property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he kept yelling "my shoe" over and over

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	yelling	yell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 shoe	punct
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 shoe	nmod:poss
6	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yelling	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 shoe	punct
8	over	over	ADV	_	3 yelling	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 over	cc
10	over	over	ADV	_	8 over	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he						tree rules
2	yell speech: express	gerund	he not said here	my shoe				over property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Topic

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