Test 2 · ★ · Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl…

Wait, why did the king send for her dad anyway?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, do · To what, where: king send

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 723 «Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl outwits the king and saves her father» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 send	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 send	compound
7	send	send	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 dad	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 dad	nmod:poss
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
11	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 did	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	you not said here	the king send				for her dad; anyway property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent send=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 · ← Mova's choice

Cos the king fancied his cloth, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 fancied	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fancied	nsubj
4	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cloth	nmod:poss
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fancied	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 innit	punct
8	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cloth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy	past	the king	king's cloth and innit					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cloth=Stimulus

Option 2

Cos the king heard his daughter was clever and wanted her to marry one of his friends, innit

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 king	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heard	nsubj
4	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 daughter	nmod:poss
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 clever	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 clever	cop
8	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 heard	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wanted	cc
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wanted	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 marry	mark
13	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wanted	xcomp
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 marry	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 friends	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 friends	nmod:poss
17	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 one	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 innit	punct
19	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past	the king			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	king's daughter		clever property	tree rules
3	want	past	the king not said here	her = she		tree rules
4	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	her = she not said here	one of king's friends		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cos he wanted him to do a job, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 do	mark
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 job	det
8	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Cos	him = he					tree rules
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	a job					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality

Option 4

Cos the king needed someone to fetch a rare stone from the mountains, lol, and dad was the only merchant brave enough

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 needed	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needed	nsubj
4	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 needed	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fetch	mark
7	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 needed	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stone	det
9	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stone	amod
10	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fetch	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 mountains	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mountains	det
13	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fetch	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lol	punct
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	7 fetch	discourse
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 merchant	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 merchant	cc
18	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 merchant	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 merchant	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 merchant	det
21	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 merchant	amod
22	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needed	obl
23	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 merchant	amod
24	enough	enough	ADV	_	23 brave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	need	past	the king	someone		tree rules
2	fetch not said to happen	to-infinitive	someone not said here	a rare stone	the mountains	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent stone=Theme from mountain=Source
3	is a	past	dad	the only merchant		tree rules

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