Test 8 · ★ · Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom m…

Wait, so the king said yes to Tom, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, king · What happens: wait, say · To what, where: Tom · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 said	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
7	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 said	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Tom	case
9	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 said	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the king		Tom				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to tom=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

He said yes and asked him to banish the wolf quickly

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	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	2 said	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 asked	cc
5	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 asked	iobj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 banish	mark
8	banish	banish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 asked	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wolf	det
10	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 banish	obj
11	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	8 banish	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here		him = he		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	banish not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the wolf		quickly property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He said "halves or alls" and told him to get rid of the wolf

The tree, 14 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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 halves	punct
4	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 said	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 alls	cc
6	alls	all	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 halves	conj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 halves	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 told	cc
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	iobj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 get	mark
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	xcomp
13	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 get	xcomp
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 wolf	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wolf	det
16	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He	halves or alls			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent half=Topic
2	tell speech: assert	past	He not said here		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He laughed, said 'halves or alls,' and told Tom to get rid of the wolf and marry the princess

The tree, 19 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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 halves	punct
6	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 said	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 alls	cc
8	alls	all	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 halves	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 halves	punct
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 halves	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 told	cc
12	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
13	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 told	iobj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 get	mark
15	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 told	xcomp
16	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 get	xcomp
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 wolf	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 wolf	det
19	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 rid	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 marry	cc
21	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 get	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 princess	det
23	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	He not said here	halves or alls			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent half=Topic
3	tell speech: assert	past	He not said here		Tom		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent tom=Recipient clause=Topic
4	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
5	marry	infinitive	He not said here	the princess			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient

Option 4

He said 'halves or alls' and then ordered Tom to remove the wolf from the city walls at once

The tree, 20 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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	'	'	PUNCT	_	4 halves	punct
4	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 said	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 alls	cc
6	alls	all	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 halves	conj
7	'	's	PART	_	6 alls	case
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ordered	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 ordered	advmod
10	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
11	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 ordered	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 remove	mark
13	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 ordered	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wolf	det
15	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remove	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	19 walls	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 walls	det
18	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 walls	compound
19	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 remove	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 once	case
21	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	13 remove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He	halves or alls				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent half=Topic
2	order	past	He not said here		Tom		then	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent tom=Recipient clause=Topic
3	remove not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the wolf		the city walls		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme from wall=Source

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