Test 2 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New Clothes: the Emperor…

Bruv, why did the minister say the cloth was lush when he saw nothing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: minister, cloth · What happens: say, be, see · To what, where: nothing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1683 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New Clothes: the Emperor parades in nothing» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 say	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 say	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 minister	det
6	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cloth	det
9	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lush	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lush	cop
11	lush	lush	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 say	ccomp
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 saw	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 saw	nsubj
14	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lush	advcl
15	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 saw	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the minister		Bruv vocative	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the cloth		lush property	tree rules
3	see	past	minister	nothing		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=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

He didn't wanna look thick, so he said it was lush and kept his job at court

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 look	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 look	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 look	advmod
4	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	5 look	dep
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 look	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 said	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 look	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 lush	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 lush	cop
13	lush	lush	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 said	ccomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 kept	cc
15	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	conj
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 job	nmod:poss
17	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 kept	obj
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 court	case
19	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not look	past · do-support	He			thick property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	he				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	it			lush property	tree rules
4	keep	past	he not said here	his job	court		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent job=Theme at court=Location
5	job		his = he				nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He was dead keen to impress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keen	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 keen	cop
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keen	amod
4	keen	keen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 impress	mark
6	impress	impress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 keen	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	dead keen					tree rules
2	impress	to-infinitive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

He didn't wanna look thick in front of the Emperor and all his mates at court

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 look	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 look	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 look	advmod
4	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	5 look	dep
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 look	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 front	case
8	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Emperor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Emperor	det
11	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 front	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 mates	cc
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 mates	det:predet
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mates	nmod:poss
15	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 Emperor	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 court	case
17	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not look	past · do-support	He					at court; in front of the Emperor and his mates; thick property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He didn't wanna look thick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 look	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 look	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 look	advmod
4	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	5 look	dep
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not look	past · do-support	He					thick property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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