Test 11 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to l…

did his mum tell him he could go soon?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, he · What happens: tell, go · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2043 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to lift a heavy rock that his mother says hides the way to Athens» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 mum	aux
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mum	nmod:poss
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 go	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 go	aux
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tell	ccomp
9	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 go	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	his mum		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	go	could	he					soon property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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, she said not till he moves that rock, and even then he must ask his grandfather first

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 said	advmod
6	till	till	SCONJ	_	8 moves	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 moves	nsubj
8	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 rock	mark
10	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 moves	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 ask	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 ask	cc
13	even	even	ADV	_	14 then	advmod
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 ask	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 ask	nsubj
16	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 ask	aux
17	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	conj
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 grandfather	nmod:poss
19	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ask	obj
20	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	past	she				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	move	present	he				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	must	he	his grandfather	then	first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grandfather=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she said he could leave tomorrow morning with a horse and a sword from the palace armoury

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 leave	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 leave	aux
7	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 morning	compound
9	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	obl:unmarked
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 horse	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 horse	det
12	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sword	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 sword	det
15	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 horse	conj
16	from	from	ADP	_	19 armoury	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 armoury	det
18	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 armoury	compound
19	armoury	armoury	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	leave	could	he			the palace armoury	morning	with a horse and a sword	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from armoury=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, she said not till he moves that rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 said	advmod
6	till	till	SCONJ	_	8 moves	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 moves	nsubj
8	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 rock	det
10	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 moves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	move	present	he	that rock					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent rock=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, once he gets his new sword, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 gets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gets	punct
3	once	once	SCONJ	_	5 gets	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gets	nsubj
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sword	nmod:poss
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sword	amod
8	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bro	punct
10	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sword	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	he	his new sword and bro					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sword=Stimulus

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