Test 14 · ★ · pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trap…

Did Elfin actually save the kids, cos it sounds like he did, but does the text say so?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Elfin, it, text · What happens: save, sound, do, say · To what, where: kids · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 656 «pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trapped in a bottle and Elfin's hands are burnt» 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=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 save	aux
2	Elfin	Elfin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 save	nsubj
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	4 save	advmod
4	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kids	det
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 save	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sounds	punct
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	10 sounds	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sounds	nsubj
10	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 say	advcl
11	like	like	SCONJ	_	13 did	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 did	nsubj
13	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sounds	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 say	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 say	cc
16	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 say	aux
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 text	det
18	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 say	nsubj
19	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 save	parataxis
20	so	so	ADV	_	19 say	advmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 save	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	save	past · do-support	Elfin	the kids	actually property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme
2	sound	present	it			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	do	past	Elfin			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the text			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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the Princess says he saved the children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Princess	det
2	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saved	nsubj
5	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 children	det
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 saved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Princess						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	save	past	he	the children					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme

Option 2

the nurse says he only saved the pigs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nurse	det
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saved	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 saved	advmod
6	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pigs	det
8	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 saved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the nurse						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	save	past	nurse	the pigs					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Theme

Option 3

the text never says so, but the Princess and the nurse both tell the Prince that he saved the children from the dragon

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 text	det
2	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 says	advmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	4 says	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 tell	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 tell	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 tell	nsubj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 nurse	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nurse	det
12	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Princess	conj
13	both	both	ADV	_	14 tell	advmod
14	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Prince	det
16	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 tell	obj
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 saved	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 saved	nsubj
19	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 tell	ccomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 children	det
21	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 saved	obj
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 dragon	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 dragon	det
24	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 saved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	present	the text				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	present	the Princess and the nurse		the Prince	both property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic
3	save	past	text	the children		from the dragon	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent child=Theme from dragon=Source

Option 4

the Princess says he saved the children and that he should be rewarded by the king

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Princess	det
2	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saved	nsubj
5	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 children	det
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 saved	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 rewarded	cc
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 rewarded	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 rewarded	nsubj:pass
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 rewarded	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 rewarded	aux:pass
13	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 saved	conj
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 king	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rewarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Princess		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	save	past	he	the children	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
3	reward	should · passive	the king	he	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

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