Test 11 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bri…

Did the herdsman lie to the king or just tell the truth, bruv?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: herdsman · What happens: lie, tell · To what, where: truth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 702 «Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude» 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	4 lie	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 herdsman	det
3	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lie	nsubj
4	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lie	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 tell	cc
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 tell	advmod
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lie	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 truth	det
12	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bruv	punct
14	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 truth	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 lie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past · do-support	the herdsman					to the king	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	the herdsman not said here	the truth and bruv					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 · ← Mova's choice

He told the truth, the sheep were his

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sheep	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sheep	det
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 told	obl
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 his	cop
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sheep	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He	the truth				the sheep obl	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
2	is a	past		his = he					tree rules

Option 2

He lied, the sheep were the ogre's, and the pigs and horses were too, every one of them

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lied	nsubj
2	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ogre	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sheep	det
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ogre	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ogre	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ogre	det
8	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lied	obl
9	's	's	PART	_	8 ogre	case
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 one	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 one	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pigs	det
13	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 one	nsubj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 horses	cc
15	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 pigs	conj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 one	cop
17	too	too	ADV	_	16 were	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 one	punct
19	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	20 one	det
20	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lied	parataxis
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 them	case
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lie	past	He			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the sheep		's the ogre	tree rules
3	is a	past	the pigs and horses	every one	of sheep	tree rules

Option 3

He lied to the king, saying the sheep were Count Piro's, when they were really the ogre's flock all along

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lied	nsubj
2	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 king	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lied	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 saying	punct
7	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 lied	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sheep	det
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 Piro	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 Piro	cop
11	Count	Count	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Piro	compound
12	Piro	Piro	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 saying	obj
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Piro	case
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 flock	punct
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	22 flock	advmod
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 flock	nsubj
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 flock	cop
18	really	really	ADV	_	22 flock	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 ogre	det
20	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 flock	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 ogre	case
22	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Piro	appos
23	all	all	ADV	_	24 along	advmod
24	along	along	ADV	_	22 flock	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lie	past	He		to the king	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	gerund	He not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the sheep		's Count Piro	tree rules
4	is a	past	sheep	the ogre's flock	along property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He lied, the sheep were the ogre's

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lied	nsubj
2	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ogre	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sheep	det
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ogre	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ogre	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ogre	det
8	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lied	obl
9	's	's	PART	_	8 ogre	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	He						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the sheep					's the ogre	tree rules

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