Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince fre…

So the king believed everything they said, lol?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, they · What happens: believe, say · To what, where: everything · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 694 «Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince frees a prisoner, meets three grateful creatures, and is set a grain-sorting task» 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 believed	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believed	nsubj
4	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 believed	obj
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 everything	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 believed	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 believed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	the king	everything					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	they						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

Yes, he trusts them and never asks the prince

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 trusts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trusts	nsubj
4	trusts	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trusts	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asks	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 asks	advmod
8	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trusts	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 prince	det
10	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	present	he	them = they					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	not ask speech: ask	present	he not said here		the prince				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient

Option 2

Yeah, the text calls him foolish and he never checks what anyone tells him at court

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 calls	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 calls	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 text	det
4	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calls	nsubj
5	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calls	obj
7	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 calls	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 checks	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 checks	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 checks	advmod
11	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 calls	conj
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 tells	obj
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 tells	nsubj
14	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 checks	ccomp
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 tells	iobj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 court	case
17	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	call	present	the text	him = he		foolish property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	not check	present	text				tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	present	anyone	text	court		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the text calls him weak and he never checks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 calls	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 calls	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 text	det
4	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calls	nsubj
5	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calls	obj
7	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 calls	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 checks	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 checks	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 checks	advmod
11	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 calls	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	the text		him = he			weak property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	not check	present	text						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, he was easily fooled, and the story says he accepted every word they spoke to him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 fooled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fooled	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fooled	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fooled	aux:pass
5	easily	easily	ADV	_	6 fooled	advmod
6	fooled	fool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 says	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 says	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 story	det
10	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 accepted	nsubj
13	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 says	ccomp
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 word	det
15	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 accepted	obj
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 spoke	nsubj
17	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 word	acl:relcl
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	fool	past · passive		he		easily property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	the story				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	accept	past	story	every word			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
4	speak speech: other	past	they	every word not said here	story		tree rules

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