Test 9 · ★ · Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48:…

bet the neighbours were gossiping the whole time, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, neighbours · What happens: bet, gossip

This is test 9 · ★ 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	bet	bet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 neighbours	det
3	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gossiping	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gossiping	aux
5	gossiping	gossip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 bet	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 time	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gossiping	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bet	punct
10	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	1 bet	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 bet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bet	imperative	you not said here						vn risk-94 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	gossip speech: other	past · progressive	the neighbours				time		vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: 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

yeah, they had tons of nasty gossip about the helmet, the girl, and her poor mum for the whole week

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	tons	ton	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 gossip	case
7	nasty	nasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gossip	amod
8	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tons	nmod
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 helmet	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 helmet	det
11	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gossip	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 girl	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 girl	det
14	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 helmet	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 mum	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 mum	cc
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 mum	nmod:poss
18	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 mum	amod
19	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	23 week	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 week	det
22	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 week	amod
23	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 mum	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	they	tons of nasty gossip about the helmet and the girl				girl's poor mum for the whole week obl	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ton=Patient

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

yeah, they had loads of ill-natured things to say

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 things	case
7	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 natured	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 ill	punct
9	natured	natured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 things	amod
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 loads	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 say	mark
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 things	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	they	loads of natured things					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Patient
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	they not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

yeah, they said some mean stuff about the helmet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 stuff	det
6	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stuff	amod
7	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 helmet	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 helmet	det
10	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stuff	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they	some mean stuff				about the helmet	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent stuff=Topic

Option 4

nah, they only said nice things about her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 things	amod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 things	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they	nice things				about her = she	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

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