Test 12 · ★ · Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy st…

yo, what did the Sister of the Sun say about the hen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sister · What happens: do, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1237 «Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy steals a golden hen, but keeps going back into the palace, and the fox rescues the princess from the giants» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sister	det
6	Sister	Sister	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 say	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Sun	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sun	det
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Sister	nmod
10	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 hen	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hen	det
13	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 say	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the Sister of the Sun					about the hen	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

the hen belongs to the fox, so he must ask the fox first and then bring her sister back from the mountains

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hen	det
2	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belongs	nsubj
3	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 fox	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fox	det
6	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belongs	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ask	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 ask	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 ask	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 ask	aux
11	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 belongs	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fox	det
13	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ask	obj
14	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 ask	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 bring	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 bring	advmod
17	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ask	conj
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 sister	nmod:poss
19	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bring	obj
20	back	back	ADV	_	17 bring	advmod
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 mountains	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 mountains	det
23	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	the hen					to the fox	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	must	fox		the fox			first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fox=Recipient
3	bring back	infinitive	fox not said here	hen's sister		the mountains	then		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sister=Theme from mountain=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he can't have her till he brings back her sister

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	4 have	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 have	obj
6	till	till	SCONJ	_	8 brings	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 brings	nsubj
8	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	advcl
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 brings	advmod
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sister	nmod:poss
11	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brings	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	can	he	her = she					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	bring back	present	he		her sister				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument sister=Destination

Option 3

he must return the hen to the palace first

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	3 return	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 return	aux
3	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hen	det
5	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 return	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 palace	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 palace	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 return	obl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 return	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	must	he	the hen		the palace		first property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hen=Theme to palace=Destination

Option 4

he can't have her until he brings back her sister from the giant's castle, and the fox will help him with that

The tree, 24 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	4 have	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 have	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 brings	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 brings	nsubj
8	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	advcl
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 brings	advmod
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sister	nmod:poss
11	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brings	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	16 castle	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 giant	det
14	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 castle	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 giant	case
16	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brings	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 help	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 help	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 fox	det
20	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 help	nsubj
21	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 help	aux
22	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 have	parataxis
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 help	obj
24	with	with	ADP	_	25 that	case
25	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 help	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	not have	can	he	her = she				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	bring back	present	he	her sister		the giant's castle		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sister=Theme from castle=Initial_Location
3	help	future	the fox		giant		with that	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary with that=Theme

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