Test 4 · ★ · Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell da…

Did the King really have the ring, or was he just bluffing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: King · What happens: do, have, bluff · To what, where: ring

This is test 4 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 have	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 have	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ring	det
7	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bluffing	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 bluffing	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 bluffing	aux
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bluffing	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 bluffing	advmod
13	bluffing	bluff	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Did	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past			tree rules
2	have	present	the King	the ring	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient
3	bluff	past · progressive	King		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: 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

He had it in his purse the whole time, mate, so she was caught out

The tree, 15 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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 purse	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 purse	nmod:poss
6	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 time	vocative
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 caught	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 caught	advmod
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 caught	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 caught	aux:pass
16	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 had	conj
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 caught	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	it		his purse	time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	catch out	past · passive		she					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

He had it in his purse, mate

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 purse	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 purse	nmod:poss
6	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 purse	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	it		his purse and mate			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

He had it on his finger, mate

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 finger	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 finger	nmod:poss
6	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 finger	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	it		his finger and mate			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

He had it in his coat, mate

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 coat	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 coat	nmod:poss
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	it		his coat and mate			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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