Test 10 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Perseus: the Terrible Head turns the wick…

lmao what did the boy yell at the king?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: lmao, do, yell · To what, where: boy

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1458 «Blue Fairy Book, Perseus: the Terrible Head turns the wicked King to stone» 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	lmao	lmao	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 yell	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	yell	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 lmao	parataxis
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 yell	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 lmao	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lmao	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	do	past		the boy		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality
3	yell speech: express	present			at the king	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at king=Stimulus

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

"I swore to bring you the Head of the Gorgon, and here it is now"

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 swore	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 swore	nsubj
3	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bring	mark
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 swore	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 bring	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Head	det
8	Head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Gorgon	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Gorgon	det
11	Gorgon	Gorgon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Head	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 here	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 here	cc
14	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 swore	ccomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 now	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 now	cop
17	now	now	ADV	_	14 here	ccomp
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 swore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	swear in a quote	past	I				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	bring in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here	the Head of the Gorgon	you		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination head=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	Head			now property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

"I swore to bring you the Terrible Head"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 swore	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 swore	nsubj
3	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bring	mark
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 swore	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 bring	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Head	det
8	Terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Head	amod
9	Head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 swore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear in a quote	past	I						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	bring in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here	the Terrible Head	you				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination head=Theme

Option 3

"You asked for it, so I swore to bring you the Terrible Head at last"

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 swore	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 swore	advmod
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 swore	nsubj
9	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asked	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 bring	mark
11	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 swore	xcomp
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 bring	obj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Head	det
14	Terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Head	amod
15	Head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bring	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 last	case
17	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bring	obl
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	past	You				for it	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	swear in a quote	past	I					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	bring in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here	the Terrible Head	you	last		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination head=Theme

Option 4

I brought your gift, King, look here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 brought	nsubj
2	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 gift	nmod:poss
4	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brought	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 King	punct
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gift	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 look	punct
8	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 brought	conj
9	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	bring	past	I	your gift		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gift=Theme
2	look	infinitive	I not said here		here	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	gift		your			nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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