Test 11 · ★ · pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is ki…

Ayo, what was the blood on the tree supposed to mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ayo · What happens: be, suppose, mean · To what, where: blood, tree

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1757 «pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is killed and a crow brings him back to life» 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	Ayo	Ayo	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 blood	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 blood	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 blood	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 blood	det
6	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ayo	appos
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 tree	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blood	nmod
10	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 tree	acl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 mean	mark
12	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 supposed	xcomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Ayo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	Ayo	the blood	the tree	tree rules
2	suppose	participle		the tree not said here		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	mean	to-infinitive				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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

that a brother was hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 hurt	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 brother	det
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hurt	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	aux:pass
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	past · passive		a brother					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

that the brothers had all been poisoned by the robbers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 poisoned	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 brothers	det
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 poisoned	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 poisoned	aux
5	all	all	ADV	_	7 poisoned	advmod
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 poisoned	aux:pass
7	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 robbers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 robbers	det
10	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 poisoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poison	past · perfect · passive	the robbers	the brothers				all property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

that a brother was dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 dead	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 brother	det
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dead	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dead	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 4

that a sister was hiding somewhere nearby in the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 hiding	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sister	det
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hiding	aux
5	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 hiding	advmod
7	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	5 hiding	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 wood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wood	det
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · progressive	a sister			the wood		nearby, somewhere property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location

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