Test 9 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther…

the retainer, was he a proper goodie or what

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: retainer · What happens: be · To what, where: proper goodie

This is test 9 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 retainer	det
2	retainer	retainer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 goodie	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 retainer	punct
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 goodie	cop
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 goodie	nsubj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 goodie	det
7	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 goodie	amod
8	goodie	goodie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 what	cc
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 goodie	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the retainer	a proper goodie					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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah he saved the queen and the princes so he was dead loyal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 saved	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saved	nsubj
3	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 queen	det
5	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saved	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 princes	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princes	det
8	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 queen	conj
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 loyal	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 loyal	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 loyal	cop
12	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 loyal	amod
13	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 saved	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	he	the queen and the princes					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme
2	is	past	he					loyal property	tree rules

Option 2

nah he was dead sneaky because he took the queen's jewels and then left the whole family to fend for themselves

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 sneaky	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sneaky	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sneaky	cop
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sneaky	amod
5	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 took	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 took	nsubj
8	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sneaky	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 queen	det
10	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 jewels	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 queen	case
12	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 took	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 left	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 left	advmod
15	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sneaky	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 family	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 family	amod
18	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 left	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 fend	mark
20	fend	fend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 left	advcl
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 themselves	case
22	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	20 fend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			sneaky property	tree rules
2	take	past	he	the queen's jewels			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme
3	leave	past	he not said here	the whole family	then		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme
4	fend	to-infinitive	he not said here			for jewels = jewel	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yeah he saved the queen and the princes by burning a sheep and two lambs instead so he was dead loyal and proper brave

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 saved	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saved	nsubj
3	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 queen	det
5	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saved	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 princes	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princes	det
8	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 queen	conj
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 burning	mark
10	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 saved	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sheep	det
12	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 burning	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lambs	cc
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 lambs	nummod
15	lambs	lamb	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sheep	conj
16	instead	instead	ADV	_	10 burning	advmod
17	so	so	SCONJ	_	21 loyal	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 loyal	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 loyal	cop
20	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 loyal	amod
21	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 saved	advcl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 proper	cc
23	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 loyal	conj
24	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 loyal	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	save	past	he	the queen and the princes		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme
2	burn	gerund	he not said here	a sheep and two lambs	instead property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme
3	is	past	he		brave, loyal property	tree rules
4	be		he not said here			tree rules

Option 4

nah he was just doing what the stepmother told him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 doing	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 doing	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 doing	aux
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 doing	advmod
5	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 told	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stepmother	det
8	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	nsubj
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 doing	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	he						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	past	the stepmother		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

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