Test 4 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is…

Wait, why did the dad batter Rosimond till he bled?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, dad · What happens: wait, batter, bleed · To what, where: Rosimond

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 batter	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 batter	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 batter	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dad	det
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 batter	nsubj
7	batter	batter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
8	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 batter	obj
9	till	till	SCONJ	_	11 bled	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bled	nsubj
11	bled	bleed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 batter	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	batter	past · do-support	the dad	Rosimond	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent rosimond=Instrument
3	bleed	past	dad		vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

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

Cos Bramintho told lies about him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	Cos	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
2	Bramintho	Bramintho	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Cos	flat
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 told	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lies	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Cos	lies				about him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient about he=Topic

Option 2

Cos Bramintho told the massive lie that Rosimond was poisoning him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	Cos	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
2	Bramintho	Bramintho	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Cos	flat
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lie	det
5	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lie	amod
6	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 poisoning	nsubj
8	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 poisoning	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 poisoning	aux
10	poisoning	poison	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 lie	acl:relcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 poisoning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Cos	the massive lie					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient
2	poison	past · progressive	the massive lie	Rosimond					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

Cos he nicked the crown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nicked	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 nicked	nsubj
3	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crown	det
5	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nicked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	Cos	the crown					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Patient

Option 4

Cos he thought Rosimond stole the gold, proper daft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 thought	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 daft	advcl
4	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stole	nsubj
5	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thought	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gold	det
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stole	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 thought	punct
9	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 daft	amod
10	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	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	steal	past	Rosimond	the gold					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gold=Theme

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