Test 14 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinne…

ok real talk, did the King believe the old man when he said her name?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King, her · What happens: believe, say, name · To what, where: old man, name · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1527 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinners lead the King to the real 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	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 talk	amod
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 talk	amod
3	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 talk	punct
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 believe	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 believe	nsubj
8	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 talk	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 believe	obj
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 said	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 said	nsubj
14	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 believe	parataxis
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 name	nmod:poss
16	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 said	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	believe	past · do-support	the King	the old man	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	King	her name	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic
3	name		her = she		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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

no, he ordered the guards to seize them both at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 ordered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ordered	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ordered	nsubj
4	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 guards	det
6	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ordered	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 seize	mark
8	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ordered	xcomp
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 seize	obj
10	both	both	ADV	_	8 seize	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 seize	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	he	the guards					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient clause=Topic
2	seize not said to happen	to-infinitive	the guards not said here	guards = guard				both property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he went to hug her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hug	mark
6	hug	hug	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 went	xcomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hug	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hug	to-infinitive	he not said here	her = she					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent

Option 3

yeah, he sent for the cook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sent	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 cook	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cook	det
7	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	he					for the cook	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

yes, he ran to kiss her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 kiss	mark
6	kiss	kiss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ran	xcomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kiss	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	he						vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	kiss	to-infinitive	he not said here	her = she					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent

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