Test 3 · ★ · Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a gra…

no cap, why did the horse get the miser's gold after all?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cap · What happens: do, get · To what, where: horse, gold

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 did	advmod
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cap	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 miser	det
10	miser	miser	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gold	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 miser	case
12	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obj
13	after	after	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 get	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the horse					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality
2	get	present	no cap	the miser's gold			after all		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus

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

the bell rang and the town agreed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bell	det
2	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rang	nsubj
3	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 agreed	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 town	det
6	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 agreed	nsubj
7	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rang	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	the bell						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	agree speech: agree	past	the town						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

cuz the horse wandered back home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wandered	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 horse	det
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wandered	nsubj
4	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 wandered	advmod
6	home	home	ADV	_	4 wandered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cuz	infinitive	the horse not said here						tree rules
2	wander back	past	the horse					home property	tree rules

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

the judges said he served him for years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judges	det
2	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 served	nsubj
5	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 served	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 years	case
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 served	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the judges						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	serve	past	he	him = he			year		vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute

Option 4

the judges said the horse had worked for him for years and deserved payment for its long service

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judges	det
2	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horse	det
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worked	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 worked	aux
7	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 said	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 worked	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 years	case
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 worked	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 deserved	cc
13	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 worked	conj
14	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 deserved	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 service	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 service	nmod:poss
17	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 service	amod
18	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 payment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the judges				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	work	past · perfect	the horse		year	for him = he	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary
3	deserve	past	the horse not said here	payment		for horse's long service	tree rules
4	service		horse				nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent

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