Test 7 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 9: Pinocchio…

Bro, what even was the Assassins' whole deal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: be · To what, where: whole deal

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1396 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 9: Pinocchio drinks the medicine, tells three lies, and meets the Cat again» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 deal	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 deal	nsubj
4	even	even	ADV	_	10 deal	advmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 deal	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Assassins	det
7	Assassins	assassin	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 deal	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 Assassins	case
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 deal	amod
10	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bro	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Bro and the Assassins's whole deal	the Assassins's whole deal					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

They were like hired robbers, they wanted his gold, no cap, and they were also his cousins from the village

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 robbers	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 robbers	cop
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 robbers	case
4	hired	hire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 robbers	amod
5	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wanted	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wanted	nsubj
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 robbers	acl:relcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 gold	nmod:poss
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wanted	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cap	punct
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 cap	det
13	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gold	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 cousins	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 cousins	cc
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 cousins	nsubj
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 cousins	cop
18	also	also	ADV	_	20 cousins	advmod
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 cousins	nmod:poss
20	cousins	cousin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 robbers	conj
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 village	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 village	det
23	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cousins	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hire	participle					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	They			like hired robbers and his cousins	tree rules
3	want	past	robbers = robber	his gold			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme
4	is a	past	robbers = robber	his cousins	the village		tree rules

Option 2

They were just guards, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 guards	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 guards	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 guards	advmod
4	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bro	punct
6	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guards	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	guards and bro					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They were like hired robbers, they wanted his gold, no cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 robbers	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 robbers	cop
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 robbers	case
4	hired	hire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 robbers	amod
5	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wanted	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wanted	nsubj
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 robbers	acl:relcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 gold	nmod:poss
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wanted	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cap	punct
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 cap	det
13	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 robbers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hire	participle				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	They		like hired robbers and no cap	tree rules
3	want	past	robbers = robber	his gold		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme

Option 4

They were like hired doctors, they wanted to heal him, no cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 doctors	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 doctors	cop
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 doctors	case
4	hired	hire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 doctors	amod
5	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wanted	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wanted	nsubj
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 doctors	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 heal	mark
10	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 wanted	xcomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 heal	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cap	punct
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 cap	det
14	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doctors	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hire	participle				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	They		like hired doctors and no cap	tree rules
3	want	past	doctors = doctor	hired doctors and no cap not said here		tree rules
4	heal not said to happen	to-infinitive	hired doctors and no cap not said here	him = he		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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