Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned yout…

Did the king just chill and let him talk?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: chill, let, talk · To what, where: king

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chill	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chill	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 chill	advmod
5	chill	chill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 let	cc
7	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 chill	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 let	obj
9	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 chill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	chill	past · do-support	the king		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	let	infinitive	the king not said here	king	tree rules
3	talk	infinitive	king not said here		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: 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

Nah, he flew off the handle and shouted that the lad was a liar and a traitor and dragged him out the hall

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flew	nsubj
4	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 handle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 handle	det
7	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flew	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shouted	cc
9	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flew	conj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 liar	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lad	det
12	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 liar	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 liar	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 liar	det
15	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouted	ccomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 traitor	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 traitor	det
18	traitor	traitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 liar	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 dragged	cc
20	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flew	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 dragged	obj
22	out	out	ADP	_	20 dragged	compound:prt
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 hall	det
24	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 dragged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fly off	past	he	the handle	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location handle=Theme
2	shout speech: express	past	he not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	the lad	a liar and a traitor	tree rules
4	drag out	past	he not said here	him = he	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he told the guards to grab him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 guards	det
6	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	iobj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 grab	mark
8	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grab	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	he		the guards				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient clause=Topic
2	grab not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	him = he					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he wanted him locked up straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	obj
6	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wanted	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 locked	compound:prt
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 locked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	him = he					tree rules
2	lock up not said to happen	participle	him = he not said here					away property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Yeah, he listened for a bit, then he flipped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 listened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 listened	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 listened	nsubj
4	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 bit	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bit	det
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 listened	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 flipped	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 flipped	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 flipped	nsubj
11	flipped	flip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 listened	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past	he					for a bit	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for bit=Theme
2	flip	past	he				then		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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