Test 15 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine…

so why'd the king's hand shake, fr?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 2045 «A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine nearly kills Theseus before his father recognizes him» 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	_	2 why	advmod
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
3	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	8 shake	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shake	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 king	case
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shake	compound
8	shake	shake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 why	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fr	punct
10	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shake	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

his conscience refused to let him poison the young man who had come to him in peace

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 conscience	nmod:poss
2	conscience	conscience	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refused	nsubj
3	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 let	mark
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 refused	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	poison	poison	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poison	obj
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 come	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 come	aux
13	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 man	acl:relcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 come	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 peace	case
17	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	refuse	past	his conscience				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not let	to-infinitive	his conscience not said here	conscience			tree rules
3	poison	infinitive	conscience not said here	the young man			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient
4	come	past · perfect	the young man		conscience	peace	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location

Option 2

his nerves were failing him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nerves	nmod:poss
2	nerves	nerve	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 failing	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 failing	aux
4	failing	fail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 failing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail	past · progressive	his nerves	him = he					vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality

Option 3

his body felt weak and tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 body	nmod:poss
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 felt	nsubj
3	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 felt	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tired	cc
6	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 weak	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	his body					weak property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

his heart said no to the plan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 heart	nmod:poss
2	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 said	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 plan	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plan	det
7	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	his heart	no	the plan				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to plan=Recipient

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