Test 4 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils…

So the old man said madness is wisdom, that's so sick, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man, that · What happens: say, be · To what, where: madness wisdom · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1563 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils the gate, pleases the helpers, and reaches a thirsty sandy plain» 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wisdom	compound
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wisdom	cop
8	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sick	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 sick	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sick	cop
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 sick	advmod
13	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 said	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 yeah	punct
15	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	13 sick	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the old man			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		madness wisdom		tree rules
3	is	present	that		sick property	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

Yep, dreamy kids turn out smart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 turn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	dreamy	dreamy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kids	amod
4	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 turn	nsubj
5	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 turn	compound:prt
7	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 turn	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn out	present	dreamy kids					smart property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, being wild and dreamy when young is smart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 wild	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 wild	cop
4	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 smart	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dreamy	cc
6	dreamy	dreamy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wild	conj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 young	advmod
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wild	advcl
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 smart	cop
10	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	wild property	tree rules
2	be			tree rules
3	is	present	smart property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nope, he said madness is wisdom but only if you're old and grey and wise at the same time

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wisdom	compound
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wisdom	cop
7	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 old	cc
9	only	only	ADV	_	13 old	advmod
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 old	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 old	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 old	cop
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 grey	cc
15	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 old	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 wise	cc
17	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 old	conj
18	at	at	ADP	_	21 time	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 time	det
20	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 time	amod
21	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		madness wisdom			tree rules
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you			old property	tree rules
4	be		you not said here				tree rules
5	be		you not said here				tree rules

Option 4

Yep, being wild and dreamy when you're young is actually super smart, and the old guy totally meant it

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 wild	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 wild	cop
4	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 smart	advcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dreamy	cc
6	dreamy	dreamy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wild	conj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 young	advmod
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 young	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 young	cop
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wild	advcl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 smart	cop
12	actually	actually	ADV	_	14 smart	advmod
13	super	super	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 smart	amod
14	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 meant	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 meant	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 guy	det
18	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 guy	amod
19	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 meant	nsubj
20	totally	totally	ADV	_	21 meant	advmod
21	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 smart	parataxis
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 meant	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund			wild property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	is	present	you		young property	tree rules
4	is	present			actually, smart property	tree rules
5	mean	past	the old guy	it	totally property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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