Test 7 · ★ · pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace re…

so the maid just gave the box to the gardener, like, no bother?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: maid · What happens: give · To what, where: box, gardener

This is test 7 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 gave	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 maid	det
3	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 gave	advmod
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 box	det
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 gardener	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gardener	det
10	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 like	punct
12	like	like	INTJ	_	5 gave	discourse
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bother	punct
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 bother	det
15	bother	bother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the maid	the box	the gardener				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent box=Theme to gardener=Recipient

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

Nah, he had to coax her, she didn't just hand it over

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 coax	mark
6	coax	coax	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 coax	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hand	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hand	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 hand	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 hand	advmod
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 hand	advmod
13	hand	hand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 coax	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hand	obj
15	over	over	ADP	_	13 hand	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	past	he		tree rules
2	coax	to-infinitive	he not said here	her = she	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
3	not hand over	past · do-support	she	it	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, she handed it over after a brief chat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 handed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 handed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 handed	nsubj
4	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 handed	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	4 handed	compound:prt
7	after	after	ADP	_	10 chat	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 chat	det
9	brief	brief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 chat	amod
10	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand over	past	she	it			after a brief chat		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he stole it while she was asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 stole	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stole	nsubj
4	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stole	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 asleep	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 asleep	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 asleep	cop
9	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stole	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	he	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	is	past	she					asleep property	tree rules

Option 4

Nah, she refused

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 refused	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 refused	nsubj
4	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	she						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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