Test 8 · ★ · Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48:…

was the girl a total pushover or what?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: girl

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1797 «Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48: a dying mother hides her daughter's beauty, and a rich young man wants to marry the girl in the helmet» 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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 girl	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pushover	csubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pushover	det
5	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pushover	amod
6	pushover	pushover	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 what	cc
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 pushover	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 pushover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the girl					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 stood her ground and stayed quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 stood	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ground	nmod:poss
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stayed	cc
8	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stood	conj
9	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stayed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	she	her ground					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ground=Stimulus
2	stay	past	she not said here					quiet property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

nah, she stayed firm and never caved to the simps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 stayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stayed	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stayed	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 caved	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 caved	advmod
8	caved	cave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stayed	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 simps	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 simps	det
11	simps	simp	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 caved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	she					firm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not cave	participle	she not said here					to the simps	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

nah, she was ultra firm, refused every offer and then secretly sent the simps home with a broom and a warning

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 firm	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 firm	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 firm	cop
5	ultra	ultra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 firm	amod
6	firm	firm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 refused	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 firm	punct
8	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 offer	det
10	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 refused	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sent	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 sent	advmod
13	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	14 sent	advmod
14	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 refused	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 simps	det
16	simps	simp	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 sent	obj
17	home	home	ADV	_	14 sent	advmod
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 broom	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 broom	det
20	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sent	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 warning	cc
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 warning	det
23	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 broom	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	she	ultra firm			tree rules
2	refuse	past	ultra firm	every offer			vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Theme
3	send	past	ultra firm not said here	the simps	then	with a broom and a warning; home, secretly property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent simp=Theme

Option 4

yeah, she gave in to every single request her mum and the village neighbours made and never once said no to anyone

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	4 gave	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 request	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 request	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 request	amod
9	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obl
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mum	nmod:poss
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 request	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 neighbours	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 neighbours	det
14	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 neighbours	compound
15	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 mum	conj
16	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 neighbours	acl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 said	cc
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 said	advmod
19	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	20 said	advmod
20	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 mum	conj
21	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 said	obj
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 anyone	case
23	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	20 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give in	past	she			to every single request her mum and the village neighbours	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to request=Theme
2	make	participle		the village neighbours not said here			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	not say speech: assert	past	she not said here	no	anyone	once property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to anyone=Recipient

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