Test 10 · ★ · Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part…

Sick, so the boy's dad just gives up and lets him go?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, dad · What happens: sick, give up, let, go · To what, where: dad

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1228 «Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part 29: the prince runs from the mermaid and becomes a lion and a bear» 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	Sick	sick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gives	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	9 gives	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dad	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 boy	case
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gives	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 gives	advmod
9	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Sick	advcl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 gives	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lets	cc
12	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 gives	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lets	obj
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 lets	xcomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Sick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sick	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	give up	present	the boy's dad		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	let	present	the boy's dad not said here	dad	tree rules
4	go	infinitive	dad not said here		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

Yeah, he reckons it's the best call

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 reckons	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reckons	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reckons	nsubj
4	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 call	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 call	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 call	det
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 call	amod
9	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reckons	ccomp

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he thinks it's the wisest plan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 thinks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thinks	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thinks	nsubj
4	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 plan	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 plan	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plan	det
8	wisest	wise	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 plan	amod
9	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinks	ccomp

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he's furious and locks the boy in his room so he can't go at all

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 furious	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 furious	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 furious	cop
5	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 locks	cc
7	locks	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 furious	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boy	det
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 locks	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 room	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 room	nmod:poss
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 locks	obl
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 go	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 go	nsubj
15	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 go	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 go	advmod
17	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 furious	parataxis
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	he			furious property	tree rules
2	lock	present	he not said here	the boy	boy's room		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient
3	not go	can	boy		all		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 4

Nah, he thinks it's a daft idea now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 thinks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thinks	nsubj
4	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 idea	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 idea	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 idea	det
8	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 idea	amod
9	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinks	ccomp
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 thinks	advmod

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

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