Test 10 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther…

how come the king couldn't tell the queen when he woke up

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: king · What happens: come, not tell, wake up · To what, where: queen · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1667 «Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther, part 56: the jackal tricks the dove, then the heron, and finds the panther's den» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 come	advmod
2	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tell	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 tell	advmod
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 queen	det
9	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 woke	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 woke	nsubj
12	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	advcl
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 woke	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	come	infinitive	the king not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not tell speech: assert	could	the king	the queen	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient
3	wake up	past	king		vn other_cos-45.4 «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

she had got really thin and looked worn out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 got	aux
3	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 thin	advmod
5	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 looked	cc
7	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 got	conj
8	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 got	advcl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 worn	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	get	past · perfect	she	thin property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	look	past	she not said here		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	wear out	participle	she not said here		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 2

she looked different

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 looked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	she					different property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she was poorly clad and so sorrowful he didn't recognise her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 clad	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 clad	aux:pass
3	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	4 clad	advmod
4	clad	clad	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sorrowful	cc
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 sorrowful	advmod
7	sorrowful	sorrowful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clad	conj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 recognise	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 recognise	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 recognise	advmod
11	recognise	recognise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 clad	parataxis
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 recognise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clad	past · passive		she				poorly property	tree rules
2	not recognise	past · do-support	he	her = she					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 4

she was dressed in rags and looked very sad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dressed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dressed	aux:pass
3	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 rags	case
5	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dressed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 looked	cc
7	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dressed	conj
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 sad	advmod
9	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 looked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	past · passive		she		rags			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	look	past						sad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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