Test 13 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Omar: the ivory box test shows who…

what did the old lady say the fake had done, like the sneaky move?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old lady · What happens: say, do · To what, where: fake · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 718 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Omar: the ivory box test shows who is the true prince» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lady	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lady	amod
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fake	det
8	fake	fake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 done	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 done	aux
10	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 say	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 move	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 move	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 move	det
14	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 move	amod
15	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 done	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the old lady						tree rules
2	do	past · perfect · passive		the fake				like the sneaky move	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer

Used the real prince's name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 prince	amod
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 prince	case
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Used	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past		the real prince's name					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
2	name		the real prince						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Used the real prince's name and his seal on a false letter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 prince	amod
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 prince	case
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Used	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 seal	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 seal	nmod:poss
9	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 letter	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 letter	det
12	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 letter	amod
13	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past		the real prince's name and his seal		a false letter			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
2	name		the real prince						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Called the real son by his own name in front of the court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 son	det
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 son	amod
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Called	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 name	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 name	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 name	amod
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Called	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 front	case
10	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Called	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 court	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 court	det
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle			the real son	front of the court		by his own name	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Recipient
2	name		his = he						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Took the prince's old coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coat	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 prince	case
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coat	amod
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Took	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past		the prince's old coat					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme

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