Test 14 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56…

Did the old governor go bonkers, muttering about orders?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old governor · What happens: go, mutter · To what, where: bonkers

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» 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	5 go	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 governor	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 governor	amod
4	governor	governor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	nsubj
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	bonkers	bonker	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 go	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 muttering	punct
8	muttering	mutter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 go	advcl
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 orders	case
10	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 muttering	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	the old governor	bonkers					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bonker=Theme
2	mutter speech: assert	gerund	the old governor not said here					about orders	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about order=Topic

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

Yeah, shaking and grumbling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 shaking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 shaking	punct
3	shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 grumbling	cc
5	grumbling	grumble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 shaking	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	gerund							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	grumble speech: other	gerund							vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nah, he stayed perfectly composed and cheerful, sipping tea by the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 stayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stayed	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	6 composed	advmod
6	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stayed	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cheerful	cc
8	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 composed	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sipping	punct
10	sipping	sip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stayed	advcl
11	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sipping	obj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 fire	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fire	det
14	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sipping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stay	past	he			tree rules
2	compose	participle	he not said here		perfectly property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sip	gerund	he not said here	tea	by the fire	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, hair on end and muttering

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 hair	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 hair	punct
3	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 end	case
5	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hair	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 muttering	cc
7	muttering	muttering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hair	conj

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

Option 4

Yeah, he was raving mad, pacing the hall and shouting at the walls

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 raving	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 raving	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 raving	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 raving	aux
5	raving	rave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 raving	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pacing	punct
8	pacing	pace	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 raving	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hall	det
10	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pacing	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 shouting	cc
12	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 raving	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 walls	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 walls	det
15	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rave speech: other	past · progressive	he			mad property	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pace	gerund	he not said here	the hall			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location hall=Theme
3	shout speech: express	gerund	he not said here		the walls		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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