Test 2 · ★ · Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom m…

So what was the deal with the bugleman, the big brass thing?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: deal

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2021 «Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom makes the princess laugh twice and sends off the wolf» 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	_	2 what	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 deal	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 deal	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deal	det
5	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 bugleman	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bugleman	det
8	bugleman	bugleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deal	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 thing	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 thing	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
12	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thing	compound
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deal	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 deal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the deal and the big brass thing				with the bugleman	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

He said whoever makes the princess laugh three times wins her

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	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
7	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 makes	xcomp
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 times	nummod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 laugh	obl:unmarked
10	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 makes	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wins	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make	present	whoever	the princess		tree rules
3	laugh	infinitive	the princess not said here		time	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	win	present	whoever not said here	princess		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality

Option 2

He told everyone that any man who makes the princess laugh three times before the whole court will be her husband

The tree, 21 words

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 told	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 husband	mark
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 husband	nsubj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 makes	nsubj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 man	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 makes	obj
11	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 makes	xcomp
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 times	nummod
13	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 laugh	obl:unmarked
14	before	before	ADP	_	17 court	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 court	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 court	amod
17	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 laugh	obl
18	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 husband	aux
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 husband	cop
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 husband	nmod:poss
21	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He		everyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
2	make	present	any man	the princess			tree rules
3	laugh	infinitive	the princess not said here			before the whole court; time	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	future	any man	princess's husband			tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He announced whoever amuses her three times takes her hand

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 announced	nsubj
2	announced	announce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 amuses	nsubj
4	amuses	amuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 announced	ccomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 amuses	obj
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 times	nummod
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 takes	nsubj
8	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 amuses	parataxis
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hand	nmod:poss
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 takes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	announce speech: other	past	He		vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	amuse	present	whoever	her = she	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
3	take	present	three times	her hand	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

Option 4

He said whoever gets her to smile three times weds her

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	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gets	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 smile	mark
7	smile	smile	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 gets	xcomp
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 times	nummod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 smile	obl:unmarked
10	weds	wed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gets	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 weds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present	whoever	her = she		tree rules
3	smile	to-infinitive	her = she not said here		time	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wed	present	whoever not said here	her = she		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2021-pg7885-part40/t2/