Test 4 · ★ · pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd de…

who even says "to your good health" every time someone sneezes, like who does that

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: someone · What happens: say, sneeze, do · To what, where: that · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 665 «pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd defies the king and survives the bear, the wild boars and the scythe pit» 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	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 says	nsubj
2	even	even	ADV	_	3 says	advmod
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 health	punct
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 health	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 health	nmod:poss
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 health	amod
8	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 health	punct
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sneezes	obl:unmarked
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 sneezes	nsubj
13	sneezes	sneeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 does	punct
15	like	like	SCONJ	_	17 does	mark
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 does	nsubj
17	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sneezes	conj
18	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 does	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	sneeze	present	someone		time	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	do	present		that		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

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

everyone in the kingdom except the shepherd, cos he refuses to say it no matter what anyone does to him

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 refuses	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 kingdom	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kingdom	det
4	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 everyone	nmod
5	except	except	ADP	_	7 shepherd	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shepherd	det
7	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kingdom	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 refuses	punct
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	11 refuses	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 refuses	nsubj
11	refuses	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	to	to	PART	_	13 say	mark
13	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 refuses	xcomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 say	obj
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 matter	det
16	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 say	obj
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 does	obj
18	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	19 does	nsubj
19	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 matter	acl:relcl
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 does	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	refuse	present	everyone			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not say speech: assert	to-infinitive	everyone not said here	kingdom		vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme matter=Manner
3	do	present	anyone	no matter	shepherd	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Option 2

the lord chamberlain says it every time, proper tradition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chamberlain	det
2	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chamberlain	compound
3	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tradition	punct
9	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tradition	amod
10	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 time	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the lord chamberlain	it			time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

everyone in the whole kingdom, cos the king's a massive sneezer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 cos	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 kingdom	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kingdom	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kingdom	amod
5	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 everyone	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 everyone	punct
7	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sneezer	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sneezer	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sneezer	det
12	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sneezer	amod
13	sneezer	sneezer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cos	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	co	present	everyone						tree rules
2	is a	present	the king	a massive sneezer					tree rules

Option 4

the shepherd only, cos he's the only polite one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shepherd	det
2	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	2 shepherd	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 one	punct
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	11 one	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 one	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 one	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 one	det
9	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
10	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shepherd	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	the only polite one					tree rules

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