Test 8 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther…

bruv the king's nan... no, the wicked stepmother, what happened to her

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wicked stepmother · What happens: happen · To what, where: stepmother

This is test 8 · ★ 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nan	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 king	case
5	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bruv	conj
6	...	...	PUNCT	_	11 stepmother	punct
7	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	11 stepmother	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 no	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stepmother	det
10	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stepmother	amod
11	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bruv	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 happened	punct
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 happened	nsubj
14	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 stepmother	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 her	case
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 happened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	the wicked stepmother		stepmother				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

she got sent off to live in a tower, which was a bit much but she deserved it for being so mean

The tree, 22 words

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 sent	nsubj
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 sent	compound:prt
5	to	to	PART	_	6 live	mark
6	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 tower	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tower	det
9	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 much	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 much	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 much	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bit	det
14	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 much	obl:unmarked
15	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tower	acl:relcl
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 deserved	cc
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 deserved	nsubj
18	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 deserved	obj
20	for	for	SCONJ	_	23 mean	mark
21	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 mean	nsubj
22	so	so	ADV	_	23 mean	advmod
23	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 deserved	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send off	past · passive		she			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	live	to-infinitive			a tower		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tower=Location
3	is	past	a tower			a bit obl:unmarked; much property	tree rules
4	deserve	past	she	bit			tree rules
5	mean	infinitive					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

she got sent off somewhere, which was fair enough

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 sent	nsubj
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 sent	compound:prt
5	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 sent	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fair	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 fair	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fair	cop
9	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sent	conj
10	enough	enough	ADV	_	9 fair	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send off	past · passive		she				somewhere property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	past						enough, fair property	tree rules

Option 3

she got told off by the king and sent away

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 told	nsubj
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	aux:pass
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 told	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sent	cc
9	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 told	conj
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell off speech: assert	past · passive	the king	she					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	send away	participle	the king not said here					away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she got burned, which was well harsh but she had it coming

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 burned	nsubj:pass
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 burned	aux:pass
3	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 harsh	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 harsh	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 harsh	cop
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 harsh	advmod
8	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 burned	advcl
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 had	cc
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 burned	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 had	obj
13	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 burned	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	burn	past · passive		she		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	is	past			harsh, well property	tree rules
3	have	past	she	it		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	come	gerund				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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