Test 10 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: t…

wait, the bros said he never learned nothing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, bros, he · What happens: wait, say, not learn · To what, where: nothing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1490 «Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: three brothers try to guard a meadow from a mysterious night raid» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bros	det
4	bros	bro	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 learned	nsubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 learned	advmod
8	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 learned	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the bros		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not learn	past	he	nothing	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=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 · ← Mova's choice

nope, he sat in the ashes and sulked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 ashes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ashes	det
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sat	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sulked	cc
9	sulked	sulk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	he			the ashes			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ash=Location
2	sulk	participle	he not said here						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

yeah, mostly sitting in the ashes, lazy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sitting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sitting	punct
3	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	4 sitting	advmod
4	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 ashes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ashes	det
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sitting	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sitting	punct
9	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sitting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund				the ashes		mostly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ash=Location

Option 3

yeah, just sitting in the ashes and baking bread all day long and nothing else

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sitting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sitting	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 sitting	advmod
4	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 ashes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ashes	det
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sitting	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bread	cc
9	baking	baking	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bread	compound
10	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ashes	conj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sitting	obl:unmarked
13	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 sitting	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 nothing	cc
15	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 sitting	conj
16	else	else	ADV	_	15 nothing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund				the ashes and baking bread	day	long property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ash=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, just sitting in the ashes and baking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sitting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sitting	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 sitting	advmod
4	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 ashes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ashes	det
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sitting	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 baking	cc
9	baking	baking	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ashes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund				the ashes and baking			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ash=Location

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