Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes…

Hang on, why did the King faint when he saw the Queens?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, he · What happens: hang on, do, see · To what, where: King faint, Queens

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1839 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes back to life, and the wicked witch is punished» 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	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	1 Hang	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 did	advmod
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Hang	parataxis
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 faint	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 faint	compound
8	faint	faint	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 saw	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 saw	nsubj
11	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 did	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Queens	det
13	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 saw	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Hang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hang on	imperative	you not said here		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	past		the King faint	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faint=Eventuality
3	see	past	he	the Queens	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer queen=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

He was gobsmacked, thought they were still at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gobsmacked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gobsmacked	aux:pass
3	gobsmacked	gobsmack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thought	punct
5	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gobsmacked	conj
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 home	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 home	cop
8	still	still	ADV	_	10 home	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 home	case
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	gobsmack	past · passive		He			tree rules
2	think speech: other	participle					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	they		home	still	tree rules

Option 2

He was angry, thought they were lying to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 angry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	cop
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thought	punct
5	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 angry	conj
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lying	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lying	aux
8	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 thought	ccomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	He		angry property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	participle	He not said here			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	lie	past · progressive	they	him = he		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He was scared, thought they were demons from the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thought	punct
5	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 scared	conj
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 demons	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 demons	cop
8	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thought	ccomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 field	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 field	det
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			scared property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	participle	He not said here				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	they	demons	the field		tree rules

Option 4

He was just tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tired	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tired	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 tired	advmod
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					tired property	tree rules

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