Test 7 · ★ · Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest…

did she give him anything to keep him safe?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: give, keep · To what, where: anything, him

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 give	nsubj
3	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 give	iobj
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 give	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 give	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	obj
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · do-support	she	anything	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient anything=Theme
2	keep	to-infinitive	she not said here	him = he				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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

a shell with loads of colours and a little silver chain she had worn since she was a child

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shell	det
2	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 worn	nsubj:pass
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 loads	case
4	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shell	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 colours	case
6	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 loads	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 chain	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 chain	det
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 chain	amod
10	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chain	compound
11	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shell	conj
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 worn	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 worn	aux
14	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	since	since	ADP	_	19 child	case
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 child	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 child	cop
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 child	det
19	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past · perfect · passive		a shell with loads of colours and a little silver chain					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
2	is	past	she				since a child		tree rules

Option 2

a sealed letter, a lock of her hair, and a shell that would keep him from the Yara forever

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 letter	det
2	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 letter	amod
3	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lock	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lock	det
6	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 letter	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 hair	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hair	nmod:poss
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lock	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 shell	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 shell	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 shell	det
13	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 letter	appos
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 keep	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 keep	aux
16	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 shell	acl:relcl
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 keep	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 Yara	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Yara	det
20	Yara	Yara	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 keep	obl
21	forever	forever	ADV	_	16 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	keep	would	a shell		him = he	the Yara		forever property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary from yara=Eventuality

Option 3

a red cloth with gold thread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cloth	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cloth	amod
3	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 thread	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thread	compound
6	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cloth	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

a shell with loads of colours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shell	det
2	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 loads	case
4	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shell	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 colours	case
6	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 loads	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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