Test 5 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Christian the Smith, part 11:…

lol, what did he say to the king at breakfast?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: say · To what, where: king · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1622 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Christian the Smith, part 11: Christian guards the church, meets the dead princess, and bargains for a second night» 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 lol	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 breakfast	case
11	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 king	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	he		the king at breakfast				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to king=Recipient

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 refused to tell the king

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 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 tell	mark
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refused	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	he						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	he not said here		the king				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he wouldn't spill what he saw

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	4 spill	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 spill	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 spill	advmod
4	spill	spill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 spill	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	nsubj
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not spill	would	he						vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme
2	see	past	he						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

he kept quiet about the box, the princess, and the little man in church

The tree, 14 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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kept	xcomp
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 box	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 box	det
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 princess	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 princess	det
9	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 box	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 man	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 man	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 man	det
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 man	amod
14	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 church	case
16	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	the little man in church				about the box and the princess; quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent about box=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he told the king he'd only spill it for more cash later

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 spill	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 spill	aux
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 spill	advmod
8	spill	spill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 spill	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 cash	case
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 cash	amod
12	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spill	obl
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 told	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	he		the king			late property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
2	spill	would	king	it				for more cash	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

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