Test 10 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes, part 1: the ogress p…

Did Laufer think her mum was telling the truth, like, for real?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Laufer, mum · What happens: think, tell · To what, where: truth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 697 «Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes, part 1: the ogress pays the youth, then the minister sets out to find a queen» 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	3 think	aux
2	Laufer	Laufer	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 telling	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 telling	aux
7	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 think	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 truth	det
9	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 telling	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 like	punct
11	like	like	INTJ	_	7 telling	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 real	punct
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 real	case
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 think	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · do-support	Laufer						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past · progressive	Laufer's mum	the truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=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

She asked if her mum was speaking the truth, and then went to check the ship herself

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 speaking	mark
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speaking	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 speaking	aux
7	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 asked	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 truth	det
9	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speaking	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 went	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 went	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 went	advmod
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 check	mark
15	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 went	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ship	det
17	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 check	obj
18	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	She				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	speak speech: other a condition, not said to happen	past · progressive	her mum	the truth			tree rules
3	go	past	She not said here		then		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	check	to-infinitive	She not said here	the ship		mum obl	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She asked if her mum was speaking the truth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 speaking	mark
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speaking	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 speaking	aux
7	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 asked	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 truth	det
9	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speaking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	She						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	speak speech: other a condition, not said to happen	past · progressive	her mum	the truth					tree rules

Option 3

She assumed her mum was lying all along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 assumed	nsubj
2	assumed	assume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lying	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lying	aux
6	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 assumed	ccomp
7	all	all	ADV	_	8 along	advmod
8	along	along	ADV	_	2 assumed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assume	past	She					along property	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	lie	past · progressive	her mum						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She doubted her mum and asked for proof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 doubted	nsubj
2	doubted	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 doubted	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 asked	cc
6	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 doubted	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 proof	case
8	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	doubt	past	She	her mum					vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	She not said here					for proof	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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