Test 9 · ★ · Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Death, part 53: magic w…

the old king sees a maiden in a dream, is he off his head?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old king, king · What happens: see, be · To what, where: maiden, dream, head

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 461 «Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Death, part 53: magic water brings the dead back, and Snakes and cliffs guard the flasks» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 king	amod
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sees	nsubj
4	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 maiden	det
6	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sees	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 dream	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dream	det
9	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 maiden	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 head	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 head	cop
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 head	nsubj
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 he	compound:prt
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 head	nmod:poss
15	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sees	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 sees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	the old king	a maiden		a dream			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maiden=Stimulus
2	is a	present	king	king's head					tree rules

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, he's just got a dream, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 got	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 got	advmod
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dream	det
8	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dream	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					get property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, he goes off and marries her, she's proper rich, innit

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 goes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 goes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 goes	nsubj
4	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 goes	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 marries	cc
7	marries	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 goes	conj
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 marries	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rich	punct
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 rich	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 rich	cop
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rich	amod
13	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 goes	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
15	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rich	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go off	present	he			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	marry	present	he not said here	her = she		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
3	is	present	she		rich property	tree rules

Option 3

nah, it's a message from God, he's not mad at all, he's just old, bruv

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 message	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 message	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 message	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 message	det
6	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 God	case
8	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 message	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mad	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 mad	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 mad	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 mad	advmod
13	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 message	parataxis
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 mad	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 old	punct
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 old	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 old	cop
19	just	just	ADV	_	20 old	advmod
20	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 bruv	amod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 old	punct
22	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a message		from God	tree rules
2	not is	present	God		all	mad property	tree rules
3	is	present	God			old property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, but she's proper rich, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 rich	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rich	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 rich	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rich	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rich	cop
6	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rich	amod
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rich	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she					rich property	tree rules

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