Test 9 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The King of the Peacocks, part 22: the…

The cockchafers were dead loud, weren't they?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cockchafers · What happens: be, not be · To what, where: they

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1525 «Yellow Fairy Book, The King of the Peacocks, part 22: the brothers find the King of the Peacocks and go to prison» 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cockchafers	det
2	cockchafers	cockchafer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 loud	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 loud	cop
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 loud	amod
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 loud	punct
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 they	cop
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 they	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 loud	parataxis
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 loud	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the cockchafers					loud property	tree rules
2	not is a	past		they					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 · ✓ the right answer

They buzzed so loud the King nearly went deaf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 buzzed	nsubj
2	buzzed	buzz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 loud	advmod
4	loud	loud	ADV	_	2 buzzed	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 went	nsubj
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	8 went	advmod
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 buzzed	parataxis
9	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 went	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buzz	past	They					loud property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	past	the King					deaf, nearly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They buzzed so loud the whole palace shook and the King nearly went deaf in both ears

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 buzzed	nsubj
2	buzzed	buzz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 loud	advmod
4	loud	loud	ADV	_	2 buzzed	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 palace	amod
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shook	nsubj
8	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 buzzed	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 went	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 King	det
11	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 went	nsubj
12	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	13 went	advmod
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 buzzed	conj
14	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 went	xcomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 ears	case
16	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	17 ears	det
17	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	buzz	past	They		loud property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shake	past	the whole palace			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	go	past	the King	both ears	deaf, nearly property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in ear=Location

Option 3

They buzzed so loud the King nearly went deaf and the Prince covered his ears

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 buzzed	nsubj
2	buzzed	buzz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 loud	advmod
4	loud	loud	ADV	_	2 buzzed	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 went	nsubj
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	8 went	advmod
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 buzzed	parataxis
9	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 went	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 covered	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Prince	det
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 covered	nsubj
13	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 buzzed	conj
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 ears	nmod:poss
15	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 covered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	buzz	past	They		loud property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	past	the King		deaf, nearly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cover	past	the Prince	Prince's ears		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ear=Destination

Option 4

They buzzed so loud the Queen nearly fainted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 buzzed	nsubj
2	buzzed	buzz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 loud	advmod
4	loud	loud	ADV	_	2 buzzed	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 fainted	nsubj
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	8 fainted	advmod
8	fainted	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 buzzed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buzz	past	They					loud property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	faint	past	the Queen					nearly property	vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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