Test 12 · ★ · Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: M…

Was the Ambassador's bragging going to hit the town hard?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, go, hit · To what, where: bragging, town

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1891 «Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: Mannikin wins the joust and the Ambassador's insolent letter arrives» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bragging	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Ambassador	det
3	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 bragging	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Ambassador	case
5	bragging	bragging	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 going	csubj
6	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hit	mark
8	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 going	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 town	det
10	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hit	obj
11	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hit	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the Ambassador's bragging		tree rules
2	go	gerund			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	hit	to-infinitive	the town	hard property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme town=Co-Theme

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

yeah, he wanted to show off his power to the whole town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 show	mark
6	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 show	compound:prt
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 power	nmod:poss
9	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 town	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 town	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 town	amod
13	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	show off not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	his power	the whole town				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Topic to town=Recipient

Option 2

nah, he just wanted some tea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 tea	det
7	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	some tea					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tea=Theme

Option 3

yeah, he wanted to pay off debts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 pay	mark
6	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 pay	compound:prt
8	debts	debt	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	pay off not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	debts					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he wanted to show off his power

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 show	mark
6	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 show	compound:prt
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 power	nmod:poss
9	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	show off not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	his power					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Recipient

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