Test 6 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her…

why was the girl's dad so mad, lol

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 mad	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dad	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 girl	case
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mad	nsubj
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 mad	advmod
8	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mad	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	8 mad	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						why property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

cuz he thought his herd-boy was a thief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 boy	nmod:poss
5	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 boy	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 herd	punct
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thief	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thief	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 thief	det
10	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	cuz						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	cuz's herd boy	a thief					tree rules

Option 2

cuz the boy broke his favorite vase

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 broke	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broke	nsubj
4	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 vase	nmod:poss
6	favorite	favorite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 vase	amod
7	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cuz	infinitive	the boy not said here						tree rules
2	break	past	the boy	boy's favorite vase					tree rules

Option 3

cuz the gold was fake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gold	det
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fake	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fake	cop
5	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cuz	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cuz	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	the gold					fake property	tree rules

Option 4

cuz the storm ruined his best coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ruined	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 storm	det
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ruined	nsubj
4	ruined	ruin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 coat	nmod:poss
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 coat	amod
7	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ruined	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cuz	infinitive	the storm not said here						tree rules
2	ruin	past	the storm	storm's best coat					tree rules

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