Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leave…

What did the sheep king say about the second wedding?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sheep king · What happens: do, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1466 «Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leaves the Sheep King to attend her sister's wedding and returns to him» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sheep	det
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 king	compound
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
7	about	about	ADP	_	10 wedding	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wedding	det
9	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 wedding	amod
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	sheep king					about the second wedding	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

He let her go, though he was sad, and he gave her a golden bell for each of the wedding guests

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sad	punct
6	though	though	SCONJ	_	9 sad	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sad	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sad	cop
9	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 go	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gave	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 gave	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gave	nsubj
13	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 let	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gave	iobj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 bell	det
16	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 bell	amod
17	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gave	obj
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 each	case
19	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 gave	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 guests	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 guests	det
22	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 guests	compound
23	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 each	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	let	past	He	her = she			tree rules
2	go	infinitive	her = she not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	he			sad property	tree rules
4	give	past	he	a golden bell	her = she	for each	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Recipient bell=Theme for each=Asset

Option 2

He let her leave, but he was angry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 angry	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 angry	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 angry	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 angry	cop
9	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 let	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	past	He	her = she		tree rules
2	leave	infinitive	her = she not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	he		angry property	tree rules

Option 3

He agreed, yet he was furious

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 furious	punct
4	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	7 furious	cc
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 furious	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 furious	cop
7	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 agreed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	He						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he					furious property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He let her go, though he was sad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sad	punct
6	though	though	SCONJ	_	9 sad	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sad	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sad	cop
9	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	past	He	her = she		tree rules
2	go	infinitive	her = she not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	he		sad property	tree rules

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