Test 7 · ★ · Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved,…

deadass what did the empress say about the prison?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, empress · What happens: deadass, do, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 361 «Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved, and Mignon dances» 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	deadass	deadass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 deadass	ccomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 empress	det
5	empress	empress	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 prison	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prison	det
9	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 deadass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	deadass	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	present	the empress	about the prison	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

she thinks it's wise to let him out soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wise	expl
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wise	cop
5	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 let	mark
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wise	csubj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 let	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	7 let	compound:prt
10	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 let	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	she			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present			wise property	tree rules
3	let out	to-infinitive		him = he	soon property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

she says he should keep working on his plan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keep	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	aux
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
6	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 keep	xcomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 plan	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 plan	nmod:poss
9	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 working	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep	should	he		tree rules
3	work	gerund	he not said here	on his plan	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on plan=Theme
4	plan		his = he		nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

it does no good to keep him locked up in that cold cell forever more

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 good	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 good	aux
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 good	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 good	csubj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keep	obj
8	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 keep	xcomp
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 locked	compound:prt
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 cell	case
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 cell	det
12	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cell	amod
13	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 locked	obl
14	forever	forever	ADV	_	15 more	advmod
15	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		him = he					tree rules
2	lock up	participle	him = he not said here			that cold cell			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

it does no good to keep him locked up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 good	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 good	aux
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 good	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 good	csubj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keep	obj
8	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 keep	xcomp
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 locked	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		him = he					tree rules
2	lock up	participle	him = he not said here						vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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