Test 9 · ★ · Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the w…

Real talk, why did Barbaik say yes to Jegu in the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Barbaik · What happens: say · To what, where: Jegu, end · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1336 «Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the work and Barbaik agrees to marry Jegu» 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	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 talk	amod
2	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 say	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
6	Barbaik	Barbaik	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 talk	acl:relcl
8	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 say	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Jegu	case
10	Jegu	Jegu	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 say	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Barbaik		Jegu		in the end		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to jegu=Recipient

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

she felt sorry for the poor man

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 man	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	she					for the poor man; sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

she was tricked by a wish that bound her to him for life

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 tricked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tricked	aux:pass
3	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 wish	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wish	det
6	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tricked	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 bound	nsubj
8	bound	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wish	acl:relcl
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bound	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bound	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 life	case
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past · passive	a wish	she					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	bind	past	a wish	her = she	him = he			for life	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Patient to he=Co-Patient

Option 3

she had been won over by the brownie's magic and his promise

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	4 won	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 won	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 won	aux:pass
4	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	4 won	compound:prt
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 magic	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brownie	det
8	brownie	brownie	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 magic	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 brownie	case
10	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 promise	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 promise	nmod:poss
13	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 magic	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win over	past · perfect · passive	the brownie's magic and brownie's promise	she					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	promise		brownie						nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she obeyed her father, as a good girl

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 obeyed	nsubj
2	obeyed	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 father	nmod:poss
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obeyed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 girl	punct
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 girl	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 girl	det
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 girl	amod
9	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obeyed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	past	she	her father					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme

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