Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her bro…

wait so why's she getting burnt, fam?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, she · What happens: wait, get · To what, where: burnt fam

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1679 «Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers but is condemned to burn» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	1 wait	advmod
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 getting	advmod
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 getting	aux
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 getting	nsubj
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 wait	advcl
7	burnt	burnt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fam	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 burnt	punct
9	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	present · progressive	she	burnt fam					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fam=Stimulus

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

cos the law said she had to be burnt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 law	det
3	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	9 burnt	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 burnt	aux:pass
9	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 had	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	cos	infinitive		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the law	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have	past	law	tree rules
4	burnt	to-infinitive · passive	law not said here	tree rules

Option 2

cos the mum said she ate them, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mum	det
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	advcl
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ate	nsubj
6	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ate	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mate	punct
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cos	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here		mate vocative	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the mum			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	eat	past	mum	them = they		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

cos the king just said so, fam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	ccomp
6	so	so	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fam	punct
8	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cos	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here	fam					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the king						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

cos the king's council decided she was guilty after hearing the wicked mother's story

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 decided	reparandum
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 council	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 king	case
5	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 decided	nsubj
6	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 guilty	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 guilty	cop
9	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 decided	ccomp
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 hearing	mark
11	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 decided	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mother	det
13	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mother	amod
14	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 story	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 mother	case
16	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive				tree rules
2	decide	past	the king's council			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	council		guilty property	tree rules
4	hear	gerund	the king's council not said here	the wicked mother's story		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus

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