Test 6 · ★ · Old Deccan Days, The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead, pa…

lol, when the groom told the story, what did the Queens do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: groom, story, Queens · What happens: tell, do · To what, where: story · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1845 «Old Deccan Days, The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead, part 29: Katar hides the prince, then the prince becomes a poor servant» 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 told	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 groom	det
5	groom	groom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 story	det
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 did	punct
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 did	nsubj
11	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 story	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Queens	det
13	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 do	nsubj
14	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 did	ccomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the groom	the story	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient
2	do	past	the story		tree rules
3	do	present	the Queens		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

laughed and clapped hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 clapped	cc
3	clapped	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 laughed	conj
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 clapped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past							vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	clap	past		hands					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme

Option 2

cried, tore clothes, and skipped all their meals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 clothes	punct
3	tore	tore	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clothes	compound
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 cried	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 skipped	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 skipped	cc
7	skipped	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cried	parataxis
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 meals	det:predet
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 meals	nmod:poss
10	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 skipped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past		tore clothes					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	skip	past		clothes's meals					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Agent

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

cried and tore their clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 tore	cc
3	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cried	conj
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 clothes	nmod:poss
5	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 tore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tore	past		their clothes					tree rules

Option 4

cried and tore their clothes and beat their chests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 tore	cc
3	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cried	conj
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 clothes	nmod:poss
5	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 tore	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 beat	cc
7	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 cried	conj
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 chests	nmod:poss
9	chests	chest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 beat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tore	past	their clothes	tree rules
3	beat	present	clothes's chests	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chest=Theme

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