Test 9 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1…

What's the Mathematical Master's deal with dreaming?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: deal, Mathematical Master · What happens: be, dream, deal

This is test 9 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Master	det
4	Mathematical	Mathematical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Master	amod
5	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 deal	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Master	case
7	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 dreaming	case
9	dreaming	dream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 deal	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	is a	present	the Mathematical Master's deal	tree rules
2	dream	gerund		vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
3	deal		the Mathematical Master	nom deal «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

He reckons kids should learn numbers only

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 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 learn	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 learn	aux
5	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reckons	ccomp
6	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 learn	obj
7	only	only	ADV	_	5 learn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	He						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	learn	should	kids	numbers					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic

Option 2

He thinks it's just silly nonsense for kids

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 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 nonsense	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 nonsense	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 nonsense	advmod
6	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nonsense	amod
7	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	_	2 thinks	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 kids	case
9	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 nonsense	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	silly nonsense				for kids	tree rules

Option 3

He's dead keen on it

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	4 keen	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 keen	cop
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keen	amod
4	keen	keen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keen	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	dead keen		keen			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He's well against it, reckons it's a waste

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	5 it	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 it	cop
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 it	advmod
4	against	against	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 reckons	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 reckons	punct
7	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 waste	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 waste	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 waste	det
11	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reckons	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		against it; well property	tree rules
2	reckon	present	it			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	it	a waste		tree rules

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