Test 13 · ★ · Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wi…

Wait, was she into him from the start, like she said?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, she · What happens: wait, be, say · To what, where: start, she · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1784 «Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wild horses and wins the princess with a magic knife.» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 she	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 she	cop
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wait	obl
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 she	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 start	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 start	det
9	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct
11	like	like	SCONJ	_	13 said	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 said	nsubj
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		the start		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		she		into him = he	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	past	she				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she thought him handsomer than anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thought	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	obj
6	handsomer	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 thought	xcomp
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 anyone	case
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 handsomer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	she	him = he				handsome property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, she liked him a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 liked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 liked	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 liked	nsubj
4	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 liked	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liked	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	she	him = he				a lot obl:unmarked	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 3

Nah, she thought him rather plain at first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 plain	nsubj
6	rather	rather	ADV	_	7 plain	advmod
7	plain	plain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thought	ccomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 first	case
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 plain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	she						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	plain	present	him = he						tree rules

Option 4

Nope, she hated him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 hated	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hated	nsubj
4	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hated	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	she	him = he					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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