Test 10 · ★ · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats…

Did Kai say he'd go check the place himself?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kai · What happens: say, go, check · To what, where: place · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1325 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats the black knight and gets trapped in a drawbridge» 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	3 say	aux
2	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 go	nsubj
5	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 say	ccomp
7	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 go	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 place	det
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 check	obj
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 check	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Kai			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	would	Kai			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	check	infinitive	Kai not said here	the place	Kai obl	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme

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 said Owen talks big but never does, so the queen should let him go

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 talks	nsubj
6	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 talks	xcomp
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 does	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 does	advmod
10	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 talks	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 let	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 let	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 queen	det
14	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 let	nsubj
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 let	aux
16	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 let	obj
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	talk	present	Owen		big property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not do	present	Owen not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	let	should	the queen	Owen		tree rules
5	go	infinitive	Owen not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nah, he said Owen acts boldly but lies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 acts	nsubj
6	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	boldly	boldly	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 acts	advmod
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 lies	cc
9	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 acts	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	act	present	Owen	boldly property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	lie	present	Owen not said here		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he said Owen talks big but never does

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 talks	nsubj
6	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 talks	xcomp
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 does	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 does	advmod
10	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 talks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	talk	present	Owen	big property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not do	present	Owen not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nah, he said Owen talks big but never does, and he sneered at the queen

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 talks	nsubj
6	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 talks	xcomp
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 does	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 does	advmod
10	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 talks	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sneered	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sneered	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sneered	nsubj
14	sneered	sneer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 queen	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 queen	det
17	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sneered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	talk	present	Owen	big property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not do	present	Owen not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	sneer	past	Owen	at the queen	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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