Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a…

Did the lady just say yes straight away?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lady · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1751 «Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a magic garden, sails a sea made from a shell, and becomes a new 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lady	det
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 say	obj
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	8 away	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the lady					away property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic

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

Nah, she laughed and said nothing, then thought it over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 said	cc
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 laughed	conj
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 said	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thought	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 thought	advmod
10	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 laughed	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 thought	obj
12	over	over	ADP	_	10 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	laugh	past	she			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	she not said here	nothing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
3	think speech: other	past	she not said here	it	then	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 2

Nah, she told Elsa to go back to the wood, then changed her mind after the old man spoke to her

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Elsa	Elsa	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 told	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 go	mark
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 wood	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wood	det
11	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 changed	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 changed	advmod
14	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mind	nmod:poss
16	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 changed	obj
17	after	after	SCONJ	_	21 spoke	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 man	det
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 man	amod
20	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 spoke	nsubj
21	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 changed	advcl
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 her	case
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	she		Elsa			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent elsa=Recipient clause=Topic
2	go back not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here				to the wood result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to wood=Result
3	change	past	she not said here	Elsa's mind		then		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
4	speak speech: other	past	the old man		Elsa			vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent
5	mind		Elsa					nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, she laughed for ages and then told the servants to bring Elsa a cup of tea and a warm bath

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 ages	case
6	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 laughed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 told	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 told	advmod
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 laughed	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 servants	det
11	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 told	iobj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 bring	mark
13	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	xcomp
14	Elsa	Elsa	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 bring	obj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 cup	det
16	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bring	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 tea	case
18	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cup	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 bath	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 bath	det
21	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 bath	amod
22	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	laugh	past	she			for ages	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	past	she not said here		the servants	then	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient clause=Topic
3	bring not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	a cup of tea	Elsa		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent elsa=Destination cup=Theme

Option 4

Nah, she frowned and asked for the girl's name first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 frowned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 frowned	nsubj
4	frowned	frown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 asked	cc
6	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 frowned	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 name	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 girl	det
9	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 name	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 girl	case
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asked	obl
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 asked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	frown	past	she		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	past	she not said here	for the girl's name; first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	name		the girl		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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