Test 7 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1…

why'd the servant get punished, like it wasn't even his fault

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: servant · What happens: punish, not be · To what, where: servant

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1850 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1: the prince meets the Demon in the forest» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 punished	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 punished	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 servant	det
4	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 punished	nsubj:pass
5	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 punished	aux:pass
6	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fault	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	14 fault	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fault	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 fault	cop
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 fault	advmod
12	even	even	ADV	_	14 fault	advmod
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 fault	nmod:poss
14	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 punished	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	present · passive		the servant					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	not is	past	servant					like his fault	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

he repeated the words and got the theft busted

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	2 repeated	nsubj
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 words	det
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 repeated	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 got	cc
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 repeated	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 theft	det
8	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
9	busted	bust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	repeat	past	he	the words	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality
2	get	past	he not said here	the theft	tree rules
3	bust	participle	the theft not said here		vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

he repeated the girl's words in front of everyone at the table, which busted the theft wide open

The tree, 19 words

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	2 repeated	nsubj
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 words	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 girl	case
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 repeated	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 front	case
8	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repeated	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 everyone	case
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 front	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 table	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 table	det
13	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repeated	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 busted	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 busted	nsubj
16	busted	bust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 table	acl:relcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 theft	det
18	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 busted	obj
19	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 theft	amod
20	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 busted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	repeat	past	he	the girl's words	front of everyone	at the table	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality
2	bust	past	the table	the theft		open property	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theft=Patient
3	word		the girl				nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

he spoke the message aloud at dinner

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	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 message	det
4	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obj
5	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	2 spoke	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 dinner	case
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	he	the message		dinner		aloud property	tree rules

Option 4

he boasted about it to his friends

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	2 boasted	nsubj
2	boasted	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 boasted	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 friends	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friends	nmod:poss
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 boasted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	past	he		his friends			about it	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic PP.recipient»: agent=Agent about it=Topic to friend=Recipient

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