Test 12 · ★ · fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John bu…

he said he was going to marry her, no way

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: say, go, marry · To what, where: her · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1900 «fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John buys a golden coach, plays cards with the King, and loses his purse and cloak to Ludovine» 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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 going	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 going	aux
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 said	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 marry	mark
7	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 going	xcomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 marry	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 way	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 way	det
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	past · progressive	he		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	marry	to-infinitive	he not said here	her = she	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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

Nah, the King arranged the wedding and she agreed to marry him at Easter

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 arranged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 arranged	nsubj
5	arranged	arrange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wedding	det
7	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arranged	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 agreed	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 agreed	nsubj
10	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arranged	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 marry	mark
12	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 agreed	xcomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 marry	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 Easter	case
15	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 marry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	arrange	past	the King	the wedding		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Product
2	agree speech: agree	past	she			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	King	Easter	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, but she laughed and kept the purse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 laughed	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 laughed	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 laughed	nsubj
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 kept	cc
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 laughed	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 purse	det
9	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	she						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	past	she not said here	the purse					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, but she ran away first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ran	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 ran	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ran	nsubj
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 ran	advmod
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	she					away, first property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, but she laughed at him and kept the purse and the red cloak too

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 laughed	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 laughed	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 laughed	nsubj
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 laughed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kept	cc
9	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 laughed	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 purse	det
11	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cloak	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cloak	det
14	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cloak	amod
15	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 purse	conj
16	too	too	ADV	_	9 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	she					at him = he	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	past	she not said here	the purse and the red cloak					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=Theme

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