Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8:…

Wait, what did the fish actually say they did?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, fish · What happens: wait, do, say · To what, where: fish · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 168 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8: the talking fish and the Sultan's night journey» 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	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fish	det
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	obj
7	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 say	advmod
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	advcl
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 did	nsubj
10	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 say	ccomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past		the fish		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert	present			actually property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	do	past	fish			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

"We reckon nothing, we're just fish in a river, bruv."

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 reckon	punct
2	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 reckon	nsubj
3	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 reckon	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fish	punct
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 fish	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fish	cop
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 fish	advmod
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reckon	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 river	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fish	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bruv	punct
14	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 river	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reckon	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 reckon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon in a quote	present	We	nothing					vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent nothing=Attribute
2	is a in a quote	present	we	fish		a river and bruv			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"If you reckon, we reckon."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 reckon	punct
2	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 reckon	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 reckon	nsubj
4	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reckon	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reckon	punct
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 reckon	nsubj
7	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 reckon	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 reckon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	reckon in a quote	present	we						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

"If you reckon we're cooked, then we're cooked for real, innit."

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 cooked	punct
2	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 reckon	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 reckon	nsubj
4	reckon	reckon	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cooked	aux
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 cooked	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cooked	aux:pass
7	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cooked	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 cooked	advmod
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 cooked	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 cooked	aux:pass
12	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 cooked	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 real	case
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cooked	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 innit	punct
16	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cooked	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 cooked	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 cooked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook in a quote	present · passive		we					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	cook in a quote	present · passive		we			then	for real; innit obl	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for real=Beneficiary

Option 4

"As you reckon, we swim."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 swim	punct
2	As	as	SCONJ	_	4 reckon	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 reckon	nsubj
4	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 swim	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reckon	punct
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 swim	nsubj
7	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 swim	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 swim	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon in a quote	present	you						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	swim in a quote	present	we						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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