Test 9 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56…

Was she gonna let the lad get his head chopped off?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, head · What happens: be, get, chop off

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 let	cop
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	nsubj
3	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	4 let	dep
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lad	det
6	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 let	obj
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 head	nmod:poss
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chopped	nsubj
10	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 get	advcl
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 chopped	compound:prt
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	she	let property	tree rules
2	get	infinitive	she not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	chop off	past	his head		vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

No way, she wanted a plan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 way	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 plan	det
7	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	no way					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot plan=Theme

Option 2

Nah, she just watched him go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 watched	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 watched	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 watched	advmod
5	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 watched	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 watched	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	she	him = he					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	him = he not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, she let it happen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	nsubj
4	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	obj
6	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past	she	it					tree rules
2	happen	infinitive							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

No way, she immediately ran to tell her father the whole story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 way	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ran	nsubj
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	6 ran	advmod
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 tell	mark
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ran	xcomp
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 father	nmod:poss
10	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	iobj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 story	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 story	amod
13	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	she	no way				immediately property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	she not said here	the whole story	her father				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent father=Recipient story=Topic

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