Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as…

Why'd the old lady not pay him, innit?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: old lady · What happens: not pay, innit · To what, where: him

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 134 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as a doctor is turned away, and eight more short fables follow» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 pay	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 pay	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lady	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lady	amod
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pay	nsubj
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 pay	advmod
7	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 pay	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 pay	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pay	would	the old lady	him = he					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset
2	innit	infinitive	the old lady not said here						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

She said she was blinder than ever, so the cure had failed and no fee was owed

The tree, 17 words

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blinder	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 blinder	cop
5	blinder	blind	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 said	ccomp
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 ever	case
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 blinder	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 failed	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 failed	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cure	det
11	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 failed	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 failed	aux
13	failed	fail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 said	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 owed	cc
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 fee	det
16	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 owed	nsubj:pass
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 owed	aux:pass
18	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 failed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	she		blind property	tree rules
3	fail	past · perfect	the cure			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	owe	past · passive		no fee		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Option 2

She said he had not cured her

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cured	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cured	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 cured	advmod
6	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 said	ccomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cured	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not cure	past · perfect · passive		he					tree rules

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

She said she was blinder than ever

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blinder	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 blinder	cop
5	blinder	blind	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 said	ccomp
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 ever	case
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 blinder	obl

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

Option 4

She claimed he robbed her blind

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 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 robbed	nsubj
4	robbed	rob	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 claimed	ccomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 blind	nmod:poss
6	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 robbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	rob	past	he	her blind					vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blind=Source

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