Test 4 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1…

So the Swallow just says yes, dead simple?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Swallow · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 2031 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1: the Swallow meets the weeping statue and agrees to help» 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	_	5 says	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Swallow	det
3	Swallow	swallow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 says	advmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 dead	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 yes	punct
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 simple	amod
9	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Swallow						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

Nah, he grumbles about the cold and the rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 grumbles	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grumbles	nsubj
4	grumbles	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 cold	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cold	det
7	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grumbles	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 rain	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rain	det
10	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	present	he					about the cold and the rain	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about cold=Topic

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

Nah, he moans first about boys and the miller's lads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 moans	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 moans	nsubj
4	moans	moan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 moans	advmod
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 boys	case
7	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 moans	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lads	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 miller	det
10	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lads	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 miller	case
12	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 boys	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moan	present	he					about boys and the miller's lads; first property	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about boy=Topic

Option 3

Nah, he sulks about the nest and the mill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sulks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sulks	nsubj
4	sulks	sulk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 nest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nest	det
7	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sulks	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 mill	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mill	det
10	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sulk	present	he					about the nest and the mill	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Nah, he says no straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 says	obj
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 says	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he	no				away property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic

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