Test 10 · ★ · Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61:…

Gutted for the brothers, were they?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: gut, be · To what, where: brothers

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1672 «Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61: the princess begs Ciccu's purse for a copy» 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	Gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 brothers	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brothers	det
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Gutted	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 they	punct
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 they	cop
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Gutted	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	participle						for the brothers	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		brothers = brother					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

they were uneasy, figuring he had no cash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 uneasy	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 uneasy	cop
3	uneasy	uneasy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 figuring	punct
5	figuring	figure	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 uneasy	advcl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 figuring	ccomp
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 cash	det
9	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	they		uneasy property	tree rules
2	figure	gerund	they not said here			tree rules
3	have	past	he	no cash		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

they were cross, reckoning he'd cheated them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cross	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	cop
3	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 reckoning	punct
5	reckoning	reckon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 cross	advcl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cheated	nsubj
7	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cheated	aux
8	cheated	cheat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 reckoning	ccomp
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cheated	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	they		cross property	tree rules
2	reckon	gerund	they not said here			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	cheat	past · perfect	he	them = they		vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Source

Option 3

they were fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					fine property	tree rules

Option 4

they were relieved, thinking he'd stolen it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 relieved	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 relieved	cop
3	relieved	relieved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thinking	punct
5	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 relieved	advcl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stolen	nsubj
7	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stolen	aux
8	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 thinking	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stolen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	they		relieved property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	gerund	they not said here			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	steal	past · perfect	he	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

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