Test 2 · ★ · Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell da…

Mate, the Queen said she burnt her flax, yeah? Was that dodgy or what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: say, burnt · To what, where: flax · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1524 «Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell danger for Rosette» 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

Sentence 1: Mate, the Queen said she burnt her flax, yeah?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Queen	det
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 burnt	nsubj
7	burnt	burnt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 flax	nmod:poss
9	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 burnt	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 yeah	punct
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 burnt	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Queen					Mate vocative	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	burnt	past	Queen	Queen's flax					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.

Sentence 2: Was that dodgy or what?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Was	was	ADP	_	3 dodgy	case
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 dodgy	nsubj
3	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 what	cc
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 dodgy	conj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 dodgy	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Nah, it was all true, the flax burned and the King went up the garret

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 true	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 true	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 true	cop
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 true	advmod
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 burned	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 flax	det
9	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 burned	nsubj
10	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 true	parataxis
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 went	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 King	det
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 went	nsubj
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 burned	conj
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 went	compound:prt
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 garret	det
17	garret	garret	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 went	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	it		all, true property	tree rules
2	burn	past	the flax			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go up	past	the King	the garret		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Dead dodgy, the King knew she was lying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dodgy	amod
2	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 knew	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 knew	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 knew	nsubj
6	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lying	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lying	aux
9	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 knew	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	the King						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	lie	past · progressive	she						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Dead dodgy, the King knew she was lying and he was well annoyed about it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dodgy	amod
2	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 knew	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 knew	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 knew	nsubj
6	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lying	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lying	aux
9	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 knew	ccomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 annoyed	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 annoyed	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 annoyed	cop
13	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 annoyed	advmod
14	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 knew	conj
15	about	about	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 annoyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	know	past	the King		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	lie	past · progressive	she		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	King	about it; annoyed, well property	tree rules

Option 4

Dodgy but the King believed her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 but	amod
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 believed	cc
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 believed	nsubj
5	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 believed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	the King	her = she					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

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