Test 12 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in…

why'd the Lion say he's brave, he flexing or what

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lion · What happens: say, be, flex · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1607 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in a balloon, and Dorothy is left behind» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Lion	det
4	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 flexing	advcl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 brave	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 brave	cop
8	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 say	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 flexing	nsubj
11	flexing	flex	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 what	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 flexing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Lion		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Lion	brave property	tree rules
3	flex	gerund	Lion		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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

He says he's stronger than a bear

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stronger	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stronger	cop
5	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 says	ccomp
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 bear	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bear	det
8	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stronger	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he					than a bear; strong property	tree rules

Option 2

Nah, he's really scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scared	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 scared	advmod
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					scared property	tree rules

Option 3

He says he's as brave as any beast ever to walk the earth, no kidding

The tree, 16 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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 brave	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 brave	cop
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 brave	advmod
6	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 beast	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 beast	det
9	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brave	obl
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 brave	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 walk	mark
12	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 brave	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 earth	det
14	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walk	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 kidding	punct
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 kidding	det
17	kidding	kidding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he		ever	as any beast; no kidding obl; brave property	tree rules
3	walk	to-infinitive	he not said here	the earth			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He says he's as brave as any beast ever

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 brave	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 brave	cop
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 brave	advmod
6	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 beast	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 beast	det
9	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brave	obl
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 beast	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he					as any beast; brave property	tree rules

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