Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her bro…

so after she talks, does the King believe her, mate?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, King · What happens: talk, believe · To what, where: her

This is test 8 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 talks	advmod
2	after	after	SCONJ	_	4 talks	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talks	nsubj
4	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 believe	punct
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 believe	aux
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 believe	nsubj
9	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 talks	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 believe	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mate	punct
12	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 believe	vocative
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 talks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present	she						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	believe	present · do-support	the King	her = she				mate vocative	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=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

nah, he thinks she's still lying, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 thinks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thinks	nsubj
4	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lying	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lying	aux
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 lying	advmod
8	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 thinks	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lying	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	lie	present · progressive	she				still	mate vocative	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

yeah, once she finally speaks he listens to her and realises the wicked mum lied

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 listens	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 listens	punct
3	once	once	SCONJ	_	6 speaks	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 speaks	nsubj
5	finally	finally	ADV	_	6 speaks	advmod
6	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 listens	advcl
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 listens	nsubj
8	listens	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 listens	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 realises	cc
12	realises	realise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 listens	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mum	det
14	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 mum	amod
15	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lied	nsubj
16	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 realises	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	she		finally property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	listen	present	he	her = she		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to she=Theme
3	realise	present	he not said here			tree rules
4	lie	past	the wicked mum			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, he believes her in the end, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 believes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 believes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 believes	nsubj
4	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 believes	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believes	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	he	her = she			in the end and mate		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she tells him she's innocent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tells	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tells	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tells	iobj
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 innocent	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 innocent	cop
8	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tells	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	she		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is	present	she					innocent property	tree rules

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