Test 10 · ★ · Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule…

Simon reckoned the three of them would try a fresh dodge, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Simon, three · What happens: reckon, try · To what, where: fresh dodge

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1906 «Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule that three rogues swear is a donkey» 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	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckoned	nsubj
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 three	det
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 try	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 three	nmod
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 try	aux
8	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reckoned	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dodge	det
10	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dodge	amod
11	dodge	dodge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 try	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 try	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	2 reckoned	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckoned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	Simon						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	try	would	the three of them	a fresh dodge					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dodge=Eventuality

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

Yeah, he was well sure of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sure	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sure	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sure	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sure	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 sure	advmod
6	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sure	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					of it; sure, well property	tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, he said they'd try again, and he was ready with a second trick and the goat ready to go

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 try	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 try	aux
7	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	again	again	ADV	_	7 try	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ready	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ready	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ready	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 ready	cop
13	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	conj
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 trick	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 trick	det
16	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 trick	amod
17	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ready	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 goat	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 goat	det
20	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 trick	conj
21	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ready	xcomp
22	to	to	PART	_	23 go	mark
23	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 ready	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	try	would	they	again		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	he		with a second trick and the goat; ready property	tree rules
4	go	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, maybe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 maybe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Nah, he thought they'd give up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 thought	ccomp
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 give	compound:prt

#	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	give up	would	they						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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