Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring: a baron tries…

Bruv, why'd the robbers change the letter?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: robbers · What happens: change · To what, where: letter

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1971 «English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring: a baron tries to drown the girl he has fated for his son, and a ring saves her» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 change	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 change	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 change	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 robbers	det
6	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 change	nsubj
7	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 letter	det
9	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 change	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 change	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	would	the robbers	the letter				Bruv vocative	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=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

They thought the order was a shame and wanted to save the girl from death

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 order	det
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shame	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 shame	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shame	det
7	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 save	mark
11	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wanted	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 girl	det
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 save	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 death	case
15	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 save	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the order	a shame		tree rules
3	want	past	They not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	save not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	the girl	death	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent girl=Theme from death=Source

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They thought the order was a shame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 order	det
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shame	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 shame	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shame	det
7	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the order	a shame					tree rules

Option 3

They felt sorry for the girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 girl	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 girl	det
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	They					for the girl; sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

They wanted the girl for themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 themselves	case
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	They	the girl				for themselves = they	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot girl=Theme

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