Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a…

So Elsa had a stepmum who was well cruel?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Elsa, stepmum · What happens: have, be · To what, where: stepmum

This is test 9 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 had	advmod
2	Elsa	Elsa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stepmum	det
5	stepmum	stepmum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 cruel	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cruel	cop
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 cruel	advmod
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stepmum	acl:relcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Elsa	a stepmum					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stepmum=Patient
2	is	past	a stepmum					cruel, well 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

Nah, she was kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 kind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kind	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	cop
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					kind property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she scolded her a lot, Elsa said so to the girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 scolded	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 scolded	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scolded	nsubj
4	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	advcl
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scolded	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scolded	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
9	Elsa	Elsa	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	so	so	ADV	_	10 said	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 girl	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 girl	det
14	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	past	she	her = she				a lot obl:unmarked	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	Elsa		the girl				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to girl=Recipient

Option 3

Nah, she was alright, just strict about the chores

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 alright	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 alright	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 alright	cop
5	alright	alright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 strict	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 strict	advmod
8	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 alright	conj
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 chores	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chores	det
11	chores	chore	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 strict	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					alright property	tree rules
2	be		she not said here					about the chores	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she beat her all day, Elsa said so to the lady

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 beat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 beat	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 beat	nsubj
4	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	advcl
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 day	nmod:poss
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beat	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
9	Elsa	Elsa	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	so	so	ADV	_	10 said	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 lady	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lady	det
14	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	past	she				day		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	say speech: assert	past	Elsa		the lady				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to lady=Recipient

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