Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war,…

So why didn't the King want Mannikin to go, honestly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: King, Mannikin · What happens: not want, go · To what, where: Mannikin

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» 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	_	7 want	advmod
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 want	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 want	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 want	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 want	nsubj
7	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 want	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 go	mark
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 want	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 honestly	punct
12	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not want	past · do-support	the King	Mannikin					tree rules
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	Mannikin not said here					honestly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

He thought Mannikin would die in the snow

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 die	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 die	aux
5	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thought	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 snow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 snow	det
8	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	die	would	Mannikin					in the snow	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in snow=Attribute

Option 2

He thought Mannikin would be killed in battle

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 killed	nsubj:pass
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 killed	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 killed	aux:pass
6	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thought	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 battle	case
8	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 killed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	kill	would · passive		Mannikin		battle			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

He thought Mannikin would die in the snow on the Ice Mountain

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 die	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 die	aux
5	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thought	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 snow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 snow	det
8	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 die	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 Mountain	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Mountain	det
11	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Mountain	compound
12	Mountain	Mountain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	die	would	Mannikin					on the Ice Mountain; in the snow	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in snow=Attribute

Option 4

He feared Mannikin would die in the snow and leave the Princess alone forever

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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 die	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 die	aux
5	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 snow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 snow	det
8	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 die	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 leave	cc
10	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 die	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Princess	det
12	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leave	obj
13	alone	alone	ADV	_	10 leave	advmod
14	forever	forever	ADV	_	10 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	die	would	Mannikin		in the snow	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in snow=Attribute
3	leave	infinitive	Mannikin not said here	the Princess	alone, forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme

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