Test 8 · ★ · Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the g…

Was the dad still mad at the end, like?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: be · To what, where: end

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dad	det
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mad	nsubj
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 mad	advmod
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mad	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	5 mad	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 mad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the dad				at the end; still	mad property	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

Nah, he forgave him in the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 forgave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 forgave	nsubj
4	forgave	forgive	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 forgave	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forgave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	past	he	him = he			in the end		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he never wanted to see him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wanted	xcomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not want	past	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 3

Yeah, he was still raging and refused to see or speak to his son for the rest of his life

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 raging	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 raging	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 raging	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 raging	aux
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 raging	advmod
6	raging	rage	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 refused	cc
8	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 raging	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 see	mark
10	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 refused	xcomp
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 speak	cc
12	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 see	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 son	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 son	nmod:poss
15	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 speak	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 rest	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 rest	det
18	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 speak	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 life	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 life	nmod:poss
21	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	rage	past · progressive	he	still		vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	refuse	past	he not said here			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not see	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	speak speech: other	infinitive	he not said here		to his son; for the rest of his life	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to son=Co-Agent

Option 4

Nah, he calmed down after a while, sent a letter, and even asked to see him once before he died

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 calmed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 calmed	nsubj
4	calmed	calm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 calmed	compound:prt
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 while	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 while	det
8	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calmed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sent	punct
10	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 calmed	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 letter	det
12	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sent	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 asked	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 asked	cc
15	even	even	ADV	_	16 asked	advmod
16	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 calmed	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 see	mark
18	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 asked	xcomp
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 see	obj
20	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	18 see	advmod
21	before	before	SCONJ	_	23 died	mark
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 died	nsubj
23	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 see	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	calm down	past	he		while		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	send	past	he not said here	a letter			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	past	he not said here				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	him = he		once property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
5	die	past	he				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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