Test 9 · ★ · pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56:…

Bro, what's a boyard even, sounds like a fancy dog?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: be, sound · To what, where: boyard

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sounds	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 boyard	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 boyard	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 boyard	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boyard	det
6	boyard	boyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bro	conj
7	even	even	ADV	_	9 sounds	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sounds	punct
9	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 dog	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dog	det
12	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 dog	amod
13	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sounds	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 sounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Bro and a boyard	a boyard					tree rules
2	sound	present	Bro and a boyard					like a fancy dog	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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

An old Russian lord, like a noble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lord	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lord	amod
3	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lord	amod
4	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 noble	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 noble	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 noble	det
8	noble	noble	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lord	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A young Persian prince, like a noble, who wears a big silk hat in the palace

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 prince	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 prince	amod
3	Persian	persian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 prince	amod
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wears	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 noble	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 noble	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 noble	det
8	noble	noble	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prince	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wears	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 wears	nsubj
11	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hat	det
13	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hat	amod
14	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hat	compound
15	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wears	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 palace	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 palace	det
18	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	a young Persian prince and a noble	a big silk hat		the palace			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme

Option 3

An old Russian lord, like a noble, who lives in a big house and rides a dapple grey horse

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lord	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lord	amod
3	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lord	amod
4	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lives	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 noble	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 noble	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 noble	det
8	noble	noble	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lord	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lives	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 lives	nsubj
11	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 house	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 house	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 house	amod
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lives	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 rides	cc
17	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 lives	conj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 dapple	det
19	dapple	dapple	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rides	obj
20	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 horse	amod
21	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 dapple	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	a old Russian lord and a noble			a big house			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location
2	ride	present	a old Russian lord and a noble not said here	a dapple and grey horse					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dapple=Theme

Option 4

An old Russian farmer, kinda rich

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 farmer	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 farmer	amod
3	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 farmer	amod
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rich	punct
6	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	7 rich	advmod
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 farmer	amod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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