Test 8 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a girl feeds…

so the sisters just said she was useless, lol

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sisters, she · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1312 «Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a girl feeds a fish, he is eaten, and his bones grow into a magic tree» 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	_	5 said	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sisters	det
3	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 useless	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 useless	cop
8	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 said	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 useless	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the sisters						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	she					useless 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

they said she only dreamed all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dreamed	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 dreamed	advmod
5	dreamed	dream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dreamed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	dream	past	she				day		vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 2

they said she was lazy and sleepy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lazy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lazy	cop
5	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sleepy	cc
7	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lazy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	she	lazy property	tree rules
3	be		she not said here		tree rules

Option 3

they said she was half asleep all day and only cut wood for the fire

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 asleep	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asleep	cop
5	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	6 asleep	advmod
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asleep	obl:unmarked
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wood	cc
10	only	only	ADV	_	12 wood	advmod
11	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 wood	amod
12	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asleep	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 fire	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fire	det
15	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they		for the fire	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	she	day	asleep, half property	tree rules
3	cut	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

they said she was half asleep and only cut wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 asleep	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asleep	cop
5	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	6 asleep	advmod
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wood	cc
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 cut	advmod
9	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 wood	amod
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asleep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	she	asleep, half property	tree rules
3	cut	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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