Test 8 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Ja…

Why did Jane say George was dead clever about the lights?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jane, George · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 say	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	Jane	Jane	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 clever	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 clever	cop
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 clever	amod
8	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 say	ccomp
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 lights	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lights	det
11	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 clever	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Jane						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	George					about the lights; clever property	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 · ✓ the right answer

He knew about the Northern Lights

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 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	6 Lights	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Lights	det
5	Northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Lights	amod
6	Lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 knew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	He					about the Northern Lights	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about light=Stimulus

Option 2

He could name every planet, yeah

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 name	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 name	aux
3	name	name	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 planet	det
5	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 name	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 name	punct
7	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 name	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	could	He	every planet					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent planet=Theme

Option 3

He knew all about the Northern Lights and the Great Bear, innit

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 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	ADV	_	2 knew	advmod
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 Lights	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Lights	det
6	Northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Lights	amod
7	Lights	Light	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 knew	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Bear	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Bear	det
10	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Bear	amod
11	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Lights	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 innit	punct
13	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Bear	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	He					about the Northern Lights and the Great Bear and innit; all property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about light=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He'd read a whole book about the Arctic and the Aurora, mate

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 read	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 read	aux
3	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 book	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 book	amod
6	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 read	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 Arctic	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Arctic	det
9	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 read	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Aurora	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Aurora	det
12	Aurora	Aurora	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Arctic	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mate	punct
14	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Arctic	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	would	He	a whole book				about the Arctic and the Aurora and mate	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic

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