Test 7 · ★ · Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy he…

What did the town think of him when he said he would cure the king?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: town · What happens: think, say, cure · To what, where: king · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1197 «Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy heals the king's foot and wins the princess's heart» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 think	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 think	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 town	det
4	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 think	nsubj
5	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 think	obl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 said	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 think	advcl
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 cure	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 cure	aux
13	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cure	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · do-support	the town		of him = he	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	town			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	cure	would	town	the king		vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer king=Source

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

They thought he was just a kid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kid	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 kid	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 kid	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kid	det
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	a kid					tree rules

Option 2

They laughed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	They						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They thought he was a right chancer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 chancer	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 chancer	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chancer	det
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chancer	amod
7	chancer	chancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	a right chancer					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They reckoned he was a total fraud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reckoned	nsubj
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fraud	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fraud	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fraud	det
6	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fraud	amod
7	fraud	fraud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckoned	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	They						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	a total fraud					tree rules

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