Test 8 · ★ · Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her Destiny, part 30: Cath…

Yo, what was the lady's big idea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: big idea

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1641 «Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her Destiny, part 30: Catherine gets a silken ball from her Destiny's sister» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	9 idea	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 idea	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 idea	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lady	det
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 idea	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 lady	case
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 idea	amod
9	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the lady's big idea					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

Ask her Destiny to talk to Catherine's Destiny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 Destiny	nmod:poss
3	Destiny	destiny	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 talk	mark
5	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 Destiny	case
7	Catherine	Catherine	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Destiny	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Catherine	case
9	Destiny	Destiny	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	her Destiny					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent destiny=Recipient clause=Topic
2	talk not said to happen	to-infinitive			Catherine's Destiny				vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to destiny=Co-Agent

Option 2

Get the barber to fix her hair, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 barber	det
3	barber	barber	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fix	mark
5	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Get	xcomp
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hair	nmod:poss
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fix	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Get	punct
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 Get	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	the barber					tree rules
2	fix	to-infinitive	the barber not said here	barber's hair					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Option 3

Ask the king to fix it all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fix	mark
5	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fix	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the king				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
2	fix not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	it					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

Ask the sister to take her back home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sister	det
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 take	mark
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 back	nmod:poss
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	obj
8	home	home	ADV	_	5 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the sister				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient clause=Topic
2	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	her back				home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme

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