Test 7 · ★ · Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the g…

Why was the landlady so keen to gossip, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: landlady · What happens: be, gossip, innit

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1306 «Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the greedy wife sues to win the unfinished houses» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 keen	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 keen	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 landlady	det
4	landlady	landlady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keen	nsubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 keen	advmod
6	keen	keen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 gossip	mark
8	gossip	gossip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 keen	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 gossip	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 keen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	the landlady	keen property	tree rules
2	gossip speech: other	to-infinitive	the landlady not said here		vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	innit	infinitive	the landlady not said here		tree rules

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

Because the whole village knew everything and she had to keep up with all the latest gossip

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 knew	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 village	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 village	amod
4	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knew	nsubj
5	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 knew	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 had	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 had	nsubj
9	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 knew	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 keep	mark
11	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 had	xcomp
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 keep	compound:prt
13	with	with	ADP	_	17 gossip	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 gossip	det:predet
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 gossip	det
16	latest	late	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 gossip	amod
17	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	past	the whole village	everything		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus
2	have	past	village			tree rules
3	keep up	to-infinitive	village not said here		with all latest gossip	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She liked spilling the tea on folk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 liked	nsubj
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	spilling	spill	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 liked	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tea	det
5	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spilling	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 folk	case
7	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spilling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	spill not said to happen	gerund	She not said here	the tea		folk			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tea=Theme

Option 3

She just liked to chat a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 liked	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 liked	advmod
3	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 chat	mark
5	chat	chat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 liked	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	chat speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	a lot					tree rules

Option 4

She liked spilling the tea on folk, sharing every rumour she heard with the guests at the inn

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 liked	nsubj
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	spilling	spill	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 liked	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tea	det
5	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spilling	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 folk	case
7	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spilling	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sharing	punct
9	sharing	share	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 liked	advcl
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 rumour	det
11	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sharing	obj
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 heard	nsubj
13	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 rumour	acl:relcl
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 guests	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 guests	det
16	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 heard	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 inn	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 inn	det
19	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	like	past	She				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	spill not said to happen	gerund	She not said here	the tea	folk		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tea=Theme
3	share	gerund	She not said here	every rumour			tree rules
4	hear	past	she	every rumour not said here	the inn	with the guests	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus

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