Test 13 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Nightingale and the…

Nah, which bird was not allowed to die in the town?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bird · What happens: not allow, die · To what, where: bird

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 2033 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Nightingale and the Rose, part 1: the Swallow dies, the statue is melted, and the Student needs a red rose» 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	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 allowed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 allowed	punct
3	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 allowed	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 allowed	aux:pass
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 allowed	advmod
7	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 die	mark
9	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 allowed	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 town	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 town	det
12	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 die	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 allowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	past · passive		which bird					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	die not said to happen	to-infinitive	which bird not said here					in the town	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in town=Attribute

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

None, the Mayor declared birds mustn't ever die here at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	None	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	5 declared	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 None	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mayor	det
4	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 declared	nsubj
5	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 die	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 die	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 die	advmod
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 die	advmod
10	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 declared	ccomp
11	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 die	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	None						vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not die	must	birds			all; here	ever		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

None, the Mayor said birds mustn't die here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	None	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	5 said	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 None	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mayor	det
4	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 die	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 die	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 die	advmod
9	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
10	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 die	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	None						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not die	must	birds			here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

None, the Mayor said birds mustn't die in the town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	None	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	5 said	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 None	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mayor	det
4	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 die	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 die	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 die	advmod
9	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 town	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 town	det
12	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	None						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not die	must	birds					in the town	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in town=Attribute

Option 4

None, the Student thought the birds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	None	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	5 thought	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 None	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Student	det
4	Student	Student	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 thought	nsubj
5	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 birds	det
7	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	None	the birds					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bird=Theme

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