Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned yout…

So was the king's answer proper fair or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: be, answer

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1280 «Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned youth wins a strange marriage and proves he is the king's true son» 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	So	so	ADV	_	8 fair	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 So	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 answer	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fair	nsubj
7	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fair	amod
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 what	cc
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 fair	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						so property	tree rules
2	answer		the king						nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=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

He said the young man was his son and not the other, and he publicly apologised and gave him a horse and a title

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	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 son	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 son	cop
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 son	nmod:poss
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 other	cc
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 other	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 other	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 son	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 apologised	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 apologised	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 apologised	nsubj
16	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	17 apologised	advmod
17	apologised	apologise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 gave	cc
19	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 gave	iobj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 horse	det
22	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gave	obj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 title	cc
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 title	det
25	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 horse	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the young man	man's son			tree rules
3	not be		the young man not said here				tree rules
4	apologise speech: apologize	past	man			publicly property	tree rules
5	give	past	He not said here	a horse and a title	man		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient horse=Theme

Option 2

He called the boy his son, not the other lad

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	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 son	nmod:poss
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lad	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 lad	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lad	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lad	amod
11	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 son	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He		the boy				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient

Option 3

He declared the lad was his son, not the other one

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	2 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lad	det
4	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 son	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 son	cop
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 one	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 one	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	amod
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 son	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	He						vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the lad	his son					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He said the young man was his son and not the other

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	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 son	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 son	cop
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 son	nmod:poss
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 other	cc
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 other	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 other	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 son	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the young man	man's son	tree rules
3	not be		the young man not said here		tree rules

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