Test 6 · ★ · pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the gian…

Why did the queen's ministers get well vexed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: vex · To what, where: ministers

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1220 «pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the giant, then fights the tourney in Geirald's clothes, and the queen grows suspicious» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 vexed	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 vexed	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 queen	det
4	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ministers	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 queen	case
6	ministers	minister	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 vexed	nsubj:pass
7	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 vexed	aux:pass
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 vexed	advmod
9	vexed	vex	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 vexed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vex	past · passive · do-support		the queen's ministers				well property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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

She wouldn't pick any of the men they put forward as her husband at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pick	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pick	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 pick	advmod
4	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 pick	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 men	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 men	det
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 any	nmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 put	nsubj
10	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 men	acl:relcl
11	forward	forward	ADV	_	10 put	advmod
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 husband	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 husband	nmod:poss
14	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 put	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 pick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pick	would	She	any		all			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent any=Theme at all=Asset
2	put forward	past	men = man	the men not said here				as her husband; forward property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent man=Goal

Option 2

She wouldn't pick any of their choices for a husband, so they fumed

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pick	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pick	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 pick	advmod
4	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 pick	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 choices	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 choices	nmod:poss
8	choices	choice	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 any	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 husband	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 husband	det
11	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 choices	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fumed	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	15 fumed	advmod
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fumed	nsubj
15	fumed	fume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pick	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pick	would	She	any					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient
2	fume	past	choices = choice						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She wouldn't pick any of their choices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pick	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pick	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 pick	advmod
4	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 pick	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 choices	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 choices	nmod:poss
8	choices	choice	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 any	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pick	would	She	any					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient

Option 4

She refused every one they chose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 one	det
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refused	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 chose	nsubj
6	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 one	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	She	every one					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
2	choose	past	they	every one not said here					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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