Test 5 · ★ · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict…

so the ravens are like the group chat of the sea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ravens · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» 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	so	so	ADV	_	8 chat	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ravens	det
3	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 chat	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 chat	cop
5	like	like	ADP	_	8 chat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chat	det
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chat	compound
8	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chat	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 chat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the ravens					like the group chat; of the sea	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

lol kinda, they talk about the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 talk	discourse
2	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	5 talk	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 talk	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 talk	nsubj
5	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 king	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present	they					about the king; kinda property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about king=Topic

Option 2

lol yeah, they're basically gossiping about the king's whole plan and everyone's business

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lol	lol	INTJ	_	7 gossiping	discourse
2	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 gossiping	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 gossiping	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gossiping	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 gossiping	aux
6	basically	basically	ADV	_	7 gossiping	advmod
7	gossiping	gossip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	13 plan	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 plan	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 king	case
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 plan	amod
13	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gossiping	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 business	cc
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 business	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 everyone	case
17	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 plan	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gossip speech: other	present · progressive	they					about the king's whole plan and everyone's business; basically property	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about plan=Topic
2	plan		the king						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

yeah, they gossip about everyone up there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gossip	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gossip	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gossip	nsubj
4	gossip	gossip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 everyone	case
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 gossip	obl
7	up	up	ADV	_	8 there	advmod
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 gossip	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gossip speech: other	present	they			there		about everyone	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about everyone=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

lol yeah, they're spilling all the tea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 spilling	discourse
2	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 spilling	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 spilling	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 spilling	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 spilling	aux
6	spilling	spill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 tea	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tea	det
9	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spilling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spill	present · progressive	they	all tea					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tea=Theme

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