Test 8 · ★ · Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of t…

Lowkey, why was the second brother so sad?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: second brother

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1758 «Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan, part 9: the witch's rod, the brothers freed, a barber's secret» 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	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 brother	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 brother	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 brother	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brother	det
6	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 brother	amod
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lowkey	appos
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 sad	advmod
9	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 brother	amod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Lowkey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the second brother					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

he had lost his horse and sword

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	3 lost	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 horse	nmod:poss
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sword	cc
7	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 horse	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect	he	his horse and sword					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he thought both brothers were dead

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	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 brothers	det
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dead	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dead	cop
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	both brothers					dead property	tree rules

Option 3

he thought both of his brothers were dead and he was alone now

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	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 dead	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 brothers	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 brothers	nmod:poss
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 both	nmod
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dead	cop
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 alone	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 alone	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 alone	cop
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 thought	ccomp
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 alone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	both		dead property	tree rules
3	is	past	he	now	alone property	tree rules

Option 4

he saw blood on the tree and believed both of his brothers were dead

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	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 tree	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 believed	cc
8	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
9	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	14 dead	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 brothers	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 brothers	nmod:poss
12	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 both	nmod
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 dead	cop
14	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 believed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	blood	the tree		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blood=Stimulus
2	believe	past	he not said here				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	both			dead property	tree rules

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