Test 3 · ★ · Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magi…

so the nuns said no, right? like straight up no?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nuns · What happens: say · To what, where: no · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1329 «Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magic gifts and chooses an honest life» 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	_	4 said	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nuns	det
3	nuns	nun	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 right	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 no	punct
7	right	right	INTJ	_	4 said	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 straight	case
10	straight	straight	ADV	_	12 no	obl
11	up	up	ADP	_	12 no	case
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 said	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the nuns	no					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent right=Theme no=Manner

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, they let her in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	nsubj
4	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	4 let	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let in	past	they	her = she					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2

yeah, the nun was mean and said no beggars allowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 mean	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mean	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nun	det
4	nun	nun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mean	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	cop
6	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 said	cc
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	conj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 beggars	det
10	beggars	beggar	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 said	obj
11	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 said	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the nun		mean property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the nun not said here	no beggars		tree rules
3	allow	participle	the nun not said here			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the gatekeeper lady was rude and said beggars not welcome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 rude	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rude	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lady	det
4	gatekeeper	gatekeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lady	compound
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rude	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rude	cop
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rude	conj
10	beggars	beggar	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 said	obj
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 welcome	advmod
12	welcome	welcome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 said	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the gatekeeper lady					rude property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the gatekeeper lady not said here	beggars				welcome property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent beggar=Topic

Option 4

yup, they shut the gate and said go away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shut	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shut	nsubj
4	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shut	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 said	cc
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shut	conj
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 said	ccomp
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shut	present	they	the gate	yup vocative	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gate=Patient
2	say speech: assert	past	they not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go away	infinitive			away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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