Test 3 · ★ · Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl…

Bro, what was the medlar thing even about?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: be · To what, where: medlar thing

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thing	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 thing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 thing	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	medlar	medlar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thing	compound
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bro	appos
8	even	even	ADV	_	9 about	advmod
9	about	about	ADV	_	7 thing	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Bro	the medlar thing				about property	tree rules

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 sisters had a massive row about figs, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sisters	det
2	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 row	det
5	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 row	amod
6	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 figs	case
8	figs	fig	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 row	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bro	punct
10	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 row	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the sisters	a massive row and bro				about figs	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent row=Patient

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

Her sister was well greedy and wanted fruit, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 greedy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 greedy	cop
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 greedy	advmod
5	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 greedy	conj
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 greedy	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 greedy	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her sister					greedy, well property	tree rules
2	want	past	Her sister not said here	fruit					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fruit=Theme

Option 3

Her eldest sister was dead greedy and wanted the ripe medlars for herself, so she sent Maria out at night, bro

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sister	nmod:poss
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 sister	amod
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 greedy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 greedy	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 greedy	amod
6	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wanted	cc
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 greedy	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 medlars	det
10	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 medlars	amod
11	medlars	medlar	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wanted	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 herself	case
13	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 wanted	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sent	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	17 sent	advmod
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sent	nsubj
17	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 greedy	conj
18	Maria	Maria	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 sent	obj
19	out	out	ADP	_	17 sent	compound:prt
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 night	case
21	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sent	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 bro	punct
23	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 greedy	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her eldest sister			greedy property	tree rules
2	want	past	Her eldest sister not said here	the ripe medlars		for herself = she	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot medlar=Theme
3	send out	past	she	Maria	night		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maria=Theme

Option 4

The eldest sister wanted some medlars from the king's garden for a feast, and Maria got caught trying to pick them, lol

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sister	det
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 sister	amod
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 medlars	det
6	medlars	medlar	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wanted	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	11 garden	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 garden	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 king	case
11	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 feast	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 feast	det
14	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 caught	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 caught	cc
17	Maria	Maria	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 caught	nsubj:pass
18	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 caught	aux:pass
19	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wanted	parataxis
20	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 caught	xcomp
21	to	to	PART	_	22 pick	mark
22	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 trying	xcomp
23	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 pick	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 caught	punct
25	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want	past	the eldest sister	some medlars	the king's garden	for a feast	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot medlar=Theme
2	catch	past · passive		Maria			tree rules
3	try	gerund					vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	pick not said to happen	to-infinitive		medlars = medlar			vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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