Test 11 · ★ · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…

did Virgilius get rich from the tower idea?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Virgilius · What happens: get

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1814 «Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, gets the magic books, and faces his foes» 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	3 get	aux
2	Virgilius	Virgilius	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 idea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 idea	det
7	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 idea	compound
8	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rich	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	Virgilius					rich property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Yes, he sold tickets to every merchant in Rome who wanted to listen to their neighbours' secrets

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 sold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sold	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sold	nsubj
4	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	tickets	ticket	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sold	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 merchant	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 merchant	det
8	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sold	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Rome	case
10	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 merchant	nmod
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 wanted	nsubj
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 merchant	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 listen	mark
14	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wanted	xcomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	19 secrets	case
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 neighbours	nmod:poss
17	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 secrets	nmod:poss
18	'	's	PART	_	17 neighbours	case
19	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 listen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	sell	past	he	tickets	every merchant in Rome		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ticket=Theme to merchant=Recipient
2	want	past	every merchant in Rome				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	listen not said to happen	to-infinitive	every merchant in Rome not said here			to tickets's neighbours's secrets	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to secret=Theme

Option 2

Yes, the emperor paid him handsomely for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 paid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 emperor	det
4	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	nsubj
5	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 paid	obj
7	handsomely	handsomely	ADV	_	5 paid	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	the emperor	him = he				for it; handsomely property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, he just built it to hear everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 built	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 built	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 built	advmod
5	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 built	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hear	mark
8	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 built	advcl
9	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	he	it					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product
2	hear	to-infinitive	he not said here	everything					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus

Option 4

No, he built it only to spy on the emperor and never told a single soul what he heard there

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 built	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 built	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 built	nsubj
4	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 built	obj
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 spy	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 spy	mark
8	spy	spy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 built	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 emperor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 emperor	det
11	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spy	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 told	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 told	advmod
14	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 built	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 soul	det
16	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 soul	amod
17	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 told	obj
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 told	obj
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 heard	nsubj
20	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 what	acl:relcl
21	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 heard	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	build	past	he	it			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product
2	spy	to-infinitive	he not said here			on the emperor	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
3	not tell speech: assert	past	he not said here	a single soul			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent soul=Recipient what=Topic
4	hear	past	he		there		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

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