Test 8 · ★ · pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress f…

Did the judge believe him or what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: judge · What happens: believe · To what, where: him

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1811 «pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress falls, and a son is promised away» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 believe	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 judge	det
3	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believe	nsubj
4	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 believe	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 what	cc
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 him	conj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past · do-support	the judge	him = he					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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

Nah, he made him pay a fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	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 made	obj
6	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fine	det
8	fine	fine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	he	him = he					tree rules
2	pay	infinitive	him = he not said here	a fine					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he sent him to bed early

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	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 sent	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 bed	case
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
8	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	he	him = he		bed		early property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bed=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he said Halfman had done well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Halfman	Halfman	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 done	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 done	aux
7	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 said	ccomp
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 done	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past · perfect	Halfman					well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yeah, he kicked him out of the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kicked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	nsubj
4	kicked	kick	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 kicked	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 house	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past	he	him = he		the house			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient out house=Location

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