Test 11 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked…

did the stepson like being told to watch him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: stepson · What happens: do, tell, watch · To what, where: stepson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 693 «Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked stepfather, a milk-brook, and a golden cage» 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	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stepson	det
3	stepson	stepson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 did	obj
4	like	like	SCONJ	_	6 told	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 told	aux:pass
6	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stepson	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 watch	mark
8	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 told	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 watch	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past		the stepson	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stepson=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert	gerund · passive		the stepson not said here	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: clause=Topic
3	watch not said to happen	to-infinitive	the stepson not said here	stepson	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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

nah, he hoped he'd never come back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 hoped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hoped	nsubj
4	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 come	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 come	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 come	advmod
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hoped	ccomp
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	past	he						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	not come back	would	he						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

yes, he loved it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 loved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loved	nsubj
4	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	he	it					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

nah, he liked the duty fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 liked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 liked	nsubj
4	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 duty	det
6	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liked	obj
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 liked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	he	the duty				fine property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot duty=Theme

Option 4

yes, he was glad to watch him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 glad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 glad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 glad	cop
5	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 watch	mark
7	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 glad	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					glad property	tree rules
2	watch	to-infinitive	he not said here	him = he					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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