Test 7 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treas…

when the King said he was a great subject, what did Whittington say back

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King, Whittington · What happens: say, be, say back · To what, where: great subject · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1463 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treasure, marries Alice and becomes Lord Mayor» 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	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 said	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 subject	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 subject	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 subject	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 subject	amod
9	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 say	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 say	obj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 say	aux
13	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 say	nsubj
14	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 subject	conj
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the King		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	King	a great subject	tree rules
3	say back speech: assert	past · do-support	Whittington	a great subject	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

I thank you, my liege, and I shall serve London faithfully for ever

The tree, 13 words

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 thank	nsubj
2	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 thank	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 liege	punct
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 liege	nmod:poss
6	liege	liege	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thank	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 serve	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 serve	cc
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 serve	nsubj
10	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 serve	aux
11	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thank	parataxis
12	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 serve	obj
13	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	_	11 serve	advmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 ever	case
15	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present	I	my liege	you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
2	serve	shall	I	London				faithfully property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent london=Theme for ever=Recipient

Option 2

Your majesty flatters me far more than I deserve, sire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 majesty	nmod:poss
2	majesty	majesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flatters	nsubj
3	flatters	flatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 flatters	obj
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 more	advmod
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 flatters	obj
7	than	than	SCONJ	_	9 deserve	mark
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 deserve	nsubj
9	deserve	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 more	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sire	punct
11	sire	sire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flatters	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatter	present	Your majesty	me					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer more=Result
2	deserve	present	I						tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

I am honoured by your words

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	3 honoured	nsubj
2	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 honoured	aux:pass
3	honoured	honour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 words	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 words	nmod:poss
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 honoured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honour	present · passive	your words	I					tree rules
2	word		your						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

never had subject such a king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 had	advmod
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
4	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	6 king	det:predet
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	past		subject					tree rules

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