Test 10 · ★ · pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56:…

So the emperor was a conqueror when he was young?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: emperor, he · What happens: be · To what, where: conqueror

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1805 «pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56: a princess becomes a duck, and a girl rides off to serve as a son» 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	So	so	ADV	_	6 conqueror	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 emperor	det
3	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conqueror	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 conqueror	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 conqueror	det
6	conqueror	conqueror	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 young	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 young	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 young	cop
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 conqueror	amod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 conqueror	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the emperor	a conqueror					tree rules
2	is	past	he					young property	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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he ruled a small village for years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ruled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ruled	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ruled	nsubj
4	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 village	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 village	amod
7	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ruled	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 years	case
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ruled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	he	a small village			year		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Theme

Option 2

Nah, he was a humble shepherd who only fought one little duel with a neighbour's cat when young

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 shepherd	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shepherd	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 shepherd	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shepherd	det
6	humble	humble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shepherd	amod
7	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 fought	nsubj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 fought	advmod
10	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 shepherd	acl:relcl
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 duel	nummod
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 duel	amod
13	duel	duel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fought	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	18 cat	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 neighbour	det
16	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cat	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 neighbour	case
18	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fought	obl
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 young	advmod
20	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fought	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a humble shepherd					tree rules
2	fight	past	a humble shepherd	one little duel				with a neighbour's cat	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duel=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he won every war until he got old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 won	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 won	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 won	nsubj
4	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 war	det
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	obj
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 got	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 got	nsubj
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 won	advcl
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	he	every war					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality
2	get	past	he					old property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Nah, he was a farmer his whole life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 farmer	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 farmer	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 farmer	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 farmer	det
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 life	nmod:poss
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 life	amod
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 farmer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a farmer				farmer's whole life nmod	tree rules

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