Test 3 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: th…

wait, the stepmom said the girl was cursing her, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, stepmom, girl · What happens: wait, say, curse · To what, where: stepmom · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1362 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: the father finds the mirror, and the stepmother begs pardon» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stepmom	det
4	stepmom	stepmom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 girl	det
7	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cursing	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cursing	aux
9	cursing	curse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 said	ccomp
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cursing	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the stepmom		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	curse	past · progressive	the girl	stepmom	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, and she said it because she was jealous of the girl's mum and her memory

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 said	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	obj
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 jealous	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 jealous	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 jealous	cop
10	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 said	ccomp
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 mum	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 girl	det
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mum	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 girl	case
15	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 jealous	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 memory	cc
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 memory	nmod:poss
18	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mum	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is	past	she					of the girl's mum and girl's memory; jealous property	tree rules

Option 2

yeah, and the dad believed her too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 believed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 believed	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 believed	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dad	det
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 believed	nsubj
6	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 believed	obj
8	too	too	ADV	_	6 believed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	the dad	her = she					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 3

yup, and it wasn't even true lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 true	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 true	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 true	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 true	cop
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 true	advmod
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 true	advmod
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 yup	conj
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 yup	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	yup					true property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, and that was totally fake news

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 news	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 news	cc
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 news	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 news	cop
6	totally	totally	ADV	_	7 fake	advmod
7	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 news	amod
8	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	that	fake news					tree rules

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