Test 8 · ★ · Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon fli…

did they get rid of Parliament in the end?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: get · To what, where: end

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 634 «Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon flies out, takes the soccer game, and ends Parliament» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Parliament	case
6	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 rid	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	they				in the end	rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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, the Members all came back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 Members	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Members	det
4	Members	Member	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 came	nsubj
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 Members	flat
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	past	the Members						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nah, actually they elected a whole new Parliament with new Members on Monday morning

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 elected	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 elected	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 elected	nsubj
5	elected	elect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 Parliament	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Parliament	amod
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Parliament	amod
9	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 elected	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 Members	case
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Members	amod
12	Members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 elected	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 morning	case
14	Monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 morning	compound
15	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect	past	they	a whole new Parliament				with new Members on Monday morning; actually property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parliament=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Basically, yeah, no Members left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Basically	basically	ADV	_	6 Members	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Basically	punct
3	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	1 Basically	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Basically	punct
5	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 Members	discourse
6	Members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 Members	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle		Members not said here					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, the King dissolved it entirely and sent every single Member home to their farms

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 dissolved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dissolved	nsubj
5	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dissolved	obj
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 dissolved	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sent	cc
9	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dissolved	conj
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 home	det
11	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 home	amod
12	Member	Member	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 home	compound
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sent	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 farms	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 farms	nmod:poss
16	farms	farm	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	participle	the King	it				entirely property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	send	past	the King not said here	every single Member home		their farms			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent home=Theme to farm=Destination

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