Test 1 · ★ · pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace re…

yo did the wind actually say the palace was across the Red Sea, or is that just a story thing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo, wind · What happens: do, say, be · To what, where: palace, Red Sea, story thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1897 «pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace returns home, and the youngest son meets the hare and the Porcelain Maiden» 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	yo	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wind	det
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Sea	nsubj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 say	advmod
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wind	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 palace	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	obj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 Sea	cop
10	across	across	ADP	_	13 Sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Sea	det
12	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Sea	compound
13	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 did	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 thing	punct
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 thing	cc
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 thing	cop
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 thing	mark
18	just	just	ADV	_	21 thing	advmod
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 thing	det
20	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 thing	compound
21	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	yo				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	the wind not said here	the palace		actually property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent palace=Topic
3	is	past	the wind		the Red Sea		tree rules
4	is a	present	yo not said here	a story thing			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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it's way over the Red Sea, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 way	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 way	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	9 Sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sea	det
8	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Sea	compound
9	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 way	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 way	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	way and mate		the Red Sea			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the wind said it's sitting on a cloud over the Mediterranean, but I'm not sure, honestly

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wind	det
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sitting	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sitting	aux
8	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 said	ccomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 cloud	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cloud	det
11	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sitting	obl
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 Mediterranean	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Mediterranean	det
14	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sitting	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 sure	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 sure	cc
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 sure	nsubj
18	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 sure	cop
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 sure	advmod
20	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 said	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 honestly	punct
22	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	20 sure	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the wind			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sit	present · progressive	wind	a cloud	over the Mediterranean	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cloud=Location
3	not is	present	I		honestly, sure property	tree rules

Option 3

Nah, it's over the Dead Sea, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 Sea	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Sea	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Sea	cop
5	over	over	ADP	_	8 Sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sea	det
7	Dead	Dead	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Sea	compound
8	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Sea	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			the Dead Sea and mate			tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, the wind said it's way over the Red Sea somewhere, mate, so good luck finding it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wind	det
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 way	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 way	cop
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	ccomp
9	over	over	ADP	_	12 Sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Sea	det
11	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sea	compound
12	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 way	nmod
13	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 way	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mate	punct
15	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 way	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 luck	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	18 good	advmod
18	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 luck	amod
19	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 way	conj
20	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 luck	acl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 finding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the wind				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	wind	way and mate and good luck	the Red Sea	somewhere property	tree rules
3	find	gerund	good luck not said here	wind			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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