Test 13 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 7: Pinocchio…

Did the Assassins say they'd hurt his dad, or was that just a bluff?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Assassins · What happens: do, say, hurt, be · To what, where: dad, bluff · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1394 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 7: Pinocchio runs from two Assassins and begs a silent maiden at a white cottage» 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	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Assassins	det
3	Assassins	assassin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	parataxis
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hurt	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hurt	aux
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dad	nmod:poss
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hurt	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bluff	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 bluff	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 bluff	cop
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 bluff	mark
14	just	just	ADV	_	16 bluff	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 bluff	det
16	bluff	bluff	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the Assassins		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	hurt	would	Assassins = assassin	his dad	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Patient
4	is a	past		a bluff	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 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, they said they'd hurt his mum, that's nasty

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	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hurt	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hurt	aux
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mum	nmod:poss
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hurt	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 nasty	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 nasty	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 nasty	cop
13	nasty	nasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hurt	would	they	his mum		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Patient
3	is	present	that		nasty property	tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, they said they'd kill his dad too and burn the house, that's nasty

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kill	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 kill	aux
7	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dad	nmod:poss
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kill	obj
10	too	too	ADV	_	7 kill	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 burn	cc
12	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 kill	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 house	det
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 burn	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 nasty	punct
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 nasty	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 nasty	cop
18	nasty	nasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	kill	would	they	his dad		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Theme
3	burn	infinitive	they not said here	the house		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme
4	is	present	that		nasty property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, they said they'd kill his dad too, that's nasty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kill	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 kill	aux
7	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dad	nmod:poss
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kill	obj
10	too	too	ADV	_	7 kill	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 nasty	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 nasty	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 nasty	cop
14	nasty	nasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	kill	would	they	his dad		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Theme
3	is	present	that		nasty property	tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, they said they'd kill his dad too, that's nasty and they meant it totally

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kill	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 kill	aux
7	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dad	nmod:poss
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kill	obj
10	too	too	ADV	_	7 kill	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 nasty	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 nasty	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 nasty	cop
14	nasty	nasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kill	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 meant	cc
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 meant	nsubj
17	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 meant	obj
19	totally	totally	ADV	_	17 meant	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	kill	would	they	his dad		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Theme
3	is	present	that		nasty property	tree rules
4	mean	past	they	it	totally property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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