Test 3 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is…

Who was the proper evil one, Bramintho or Rosimond?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: proper evil one

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1894 «Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is cast out, gets a magic ring, and spies on the wicked King» 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	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 one	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 one	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 one	det
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 one	amod
5	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Bramintho	punct
8	Bramintho	Bramintho	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 one	appos
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 Rosimond	cc
10	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Bramintho	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the proper evil one					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

Rosimond, cos he got the fairy ring and made everyone look daft, innit

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Rosimond	punct
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 got	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ring	det
7	fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ring	amod
8	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 made	cc
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 got	conj
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 made	obj
12	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 made	xcomp
13	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 look	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
15	innit	innit	INTJ	_	5 got	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	past	Rosimond	the fairy ring		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus
2	make	past	Rosimond not said here	everyone		tree rules
3	look	infinitive	everyone not said here		daft property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Bramintho, he's dead bad and he lied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bramintho	Bramintho	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 bad	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bramintho	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bad	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bad	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bad	amod
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lied	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lied	nsubj
9	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bramintho					bad property	tree rules
2	lie	past	Bramintho						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Rosimond, he's a bit sly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Rosimond	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sly	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sly	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sly	obl:unmarked
7	sly	sly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Rosimond	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Rosimond	Rosimond not said here				a bit obl:unmarked; sly property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Bramintho, he's dead bad and he lied to dad about his brother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bramintho	Bramintho	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 bad	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bramintho	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bad	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bad	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bad	amod
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lied	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lied	nsubj
9	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bad	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 dad	case
11	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lied	obl
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 brother	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 brother	nmod:poss
14	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bramintho					bad property	tree rules
2	lie	past	Bramintho					to dad; about Bramintho's brother	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about brother=Location

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