Test 7 · ★ · The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1: a sad King ma…

So they just nattered about their dead husband and wife all day?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: natter

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1864 «The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1: a sad King marries a sorrowful lady, and her ugly daughter starts trouble» 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 nattered	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 nattered	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 nattered	advmod
4	nattered	natter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 husband	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 husband	nmod:poss
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 husband	amod
8	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nattered	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wife	cc
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 husband	conj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nattered	obl:unmarked
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 nattered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	natter speech: other	past	they				day	about their dead husband and wife	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about husband=Topic

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

Yeah, they had a massive natter about all the amazing things their dead husband and wife had done

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 natter	det
6	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 natter	amod
7	natter	natter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	12 things	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 things	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 things	det
11	amazing	amazing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 things	amod
12	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 natter	nmod
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 husband	nmod:poss
14	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 husband	amod
15	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 done	nsubj:pass
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 wife	cc
17	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 husband	conj
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 done	aux
19	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 things	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	they	a massive natter				about all amazing things	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent natter=Patient
2	do	past · perfect · passive	all amazing things not said here	things's dead husband and wife					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, they swapped stories about their dead partners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 swapped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swapped	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swapped	nsubj
4	swapped	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swapped	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 partners	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 partners	nmod:poss
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 partners	amod
9	partners	partner	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	past	they	stories				about stories's dead partners	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, they chatted about the old days and gossip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 chatted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 chatted	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chatted	nsubj
4	chatted	chat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 days	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 days	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 days	amod
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chatted	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gossip	cc
10	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 days	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chat speech: other	past	they				day		vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, they went on about the good bits of their dead partners all day long

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 bits	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bits	det
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bits	amod
9	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 went	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 partners	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 partners	nmod:poss
12	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 partners	amod
13	partners	partner	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bits	nmod
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl:unmarked
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on	past	they				day	about the good bits of bits's dead partners; long property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about bit=Location

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