Test 4 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's t…

So why did Lizina's mum go full mad with a broom?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: go

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 719 «Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's tailor shop and Lizina's first days with the cats» 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	_	7 go	advmod
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 go	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 go	aux
4	Lizina	Lizina	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 mum	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Lizina	case
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	nsubj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mad	amod
9	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 go	xcomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 broom	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 broom	det
12	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mad	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	Lizina's mum					mad property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

She wanted a broom

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 broom	det
4	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She	a broom					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot broom=Theme

Option 2

Lizina had said she would marry the cats' cook and move to the cellar

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lizina	Lizina	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	aux
3	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 marry	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 marry	aux
6	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cats	det
8	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cook	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 cats	case
10	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 marry	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 move	cc
12	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 marry	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 cellar	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cellar	det
15	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		Lizina		tree rules
2	marry	would	Lizina	the cats's cook		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cook=Patient
3	move	infinitive	Lizina not said here		the cellar	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to cellar=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Lizina said she'd live with cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lizina	Lizina	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 live	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 live	aux
5	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 cats	case
7	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Lizina						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	live	would	Lizina					with cats	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with cat=Location

Option 4

Lizina broke the milk jug

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lizina	Lizina	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jug	det
4	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jug	compound
5	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	Lizina	the milk jug					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jug=Patient

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