Test 9 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry an…

Was Harry proper chuffed when Effie got the church right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Harry, Effie · What happens: be, chuff, get · To what, where: Harry, church

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 641 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry and Effie seek St. George, fail to wake him, and are seized by a dragon» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Harry	cop
2	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chuffed	nsubj
3	proper	properly	ADV	_	4 chuffed	advmod
4	chuffed	chuff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 got	advmod
6	Effie	Effie	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chuffed	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 church	det
9	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	7 got	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 chuffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Harry		tree rules
2	chuff	past	Harry		properly property	tree rules
3	get	past	Effie	the church	right property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer church=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

He laughed, since he had guessed it first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 laughed	punct
4	since	since	SCONJ	_	7 guessed	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 guessed	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 guessed	aux
7	guessed	guess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 laughed	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 guessed	obj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 guessed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	guess	past · perfect	he	it				first property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

He was not chuffed at all, and sulked for the rest of the afternoon in the garden

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chuffed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chuffed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 chuffed	advmod
4	chuffed	chuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 chuffed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sulked	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sulked	cc
9	sulked	sulk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chuffed	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 rest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rest	det
12	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sulked	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 afternoon	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 afternoon	det
15	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rest	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 garden	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 garden	det
18	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sulked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not chuff	past · passive		He		all			tree rules
2	sulk	past				the garden		for the rest of the afternoon	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was narked, since he hadn't thought of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 narked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 narked	aux:pass
3	narked	nark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thought	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 thought	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thought	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 thought	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 thought	advmod
9	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 narked	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nark	past · passive		He					tree rules
2	not think speech: other	past · perfect	he					of it	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He was narked, since he had hoped to be the one who got the church right first

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 narked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 narked	aux:pass
3	narked	nark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hoped	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	8 hoped	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hoped	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hoped	aux
8	hoped	hope	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 narked	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	12 one	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 one	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hoped	ccomp
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 got	nsubj
14	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 one	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 church	det
16	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 got	obj
17	right	right	ADV	_	18 first	advmod
18	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	nark	past · passive		He		tree rules
2	hope	past · perfect	he			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive		the one		tree rules
4	get	past	the one	the church	first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer church=Stimulus

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