Test 4 · ★ · Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the…

Sus, why did the king's servants warn him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sus · What happens: warn · To what, where: king

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» 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	Sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 warn	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sus	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 warn	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 warn	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 servants	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 warn	nsubj
9	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 warn	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 warn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past · do-support	Sus		king				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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

they had overheard the queen plotting to hang him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 overheard	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 overheard	aux
3	overheard	overhear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 queen	det
5	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 overheard	obj
6	plotting	plot	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 overheard	xcomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hang	mark
8	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 plotting	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hang	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	overhear	past · perfect	they	the queen	tree rules
2	plot	gerund	they not said here		tree rules
3	hang	to-infinitive	they not said here	him = he	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

the cook was poisoning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poisoning	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 poisoning	aux
4	poisoning	poison	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poison	past · progressive	the cook						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the queen was drugging him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 queen	det
2	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drugging	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 drugging	aux
4	drugging	drug	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drugging	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drug	past · progressive	the queen		him = he				vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination

Option 4

the queen was secretly drugging him every night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 queen	det
2	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drugging	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 drugging	aux
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	5 drugging	advmod
5	drugging	drug	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 drugging	obj
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drugging	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drug	past · progressive	the queen		him = he		night	secretly property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination

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