Test 3 · ★ · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes…

wait so Phoebus just said nah to Ceres? like full nah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Phoebus · What happens: wait, say · To what, where: Ceres · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2073 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes the prince's nurse and secretly watches him by firelight» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
3	Phoebus	Phoebus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
6	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 said	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Ceres	case
8	Ceres	Ceres	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 full	case
11	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advcl
12	nah	nah	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	Phoebus		Ceres				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to ceres=Recipient

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

yeah he said he was too busy and not cool with Pluto, so Ceres had to go alone to the cave

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 said	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 busy	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 busy	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 busy	advmod
7	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cool	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 cool	advmod
10	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 busy	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 Pluto	case
12	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 cool	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 had	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 had	advmod
15	Ceres	Ceres	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 had	nsubj
16	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 go	mark
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 had	xcomp
19	alone	alone	ADV	_	18 go	advmod
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 cave	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 cave	det
22	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he		busy property	tree rules
3	not be		he not said here		with Pluto	tree rules
4	have	past	Ceres			tree rules
5	go	to-infinitive	Ceres not said here	the cave	alone property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to cave=Initial_Location

Option 2

yeah he said he could not go since the sun cannot enter Pluto's gate, and he was sad about it

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 said	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 go	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 go	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 go	advmod
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
8	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 enter	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sun	det
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 enter	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 enter	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 enter	advmod
13	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 go	advcl
14	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 gate	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Pluto	case
16	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 enter	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 sad	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 sad	cc
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 sad	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 sad	cop
21	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
22	about	about	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 sad	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not go	could	he			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not enter	can	the sun	Pluto's gate		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gate=Destination
4	is	past	sun		about gate; sad property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah he said he was too busy and not cool with Pluto

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 said	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 busy	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 busy	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 busy	advmod
7	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cool	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 cool	advmod
10	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 busy	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 Pluto	case
12	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 cool	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he	busy property	tree rules
3	not be		he not said here	with Pluto	tree rules

Option 4

yeah he said he's busy and nah to Pluto

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 said	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 busy	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 busy	cop
6	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 nah	cc
8	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 busy	discourse
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Pluto	case
10	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 busy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he		Pluto			busy property	tree rules

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