Test 5 · ★ · Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl…

Did the king just believe that the coat was made of chalk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, believe, make · To what, where: king, coat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 believe	advmod
5	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	advcl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 made	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 coat	det
8	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 made	aux:pass
10	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 believe	ccomp
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 chalk	case
12	chalk	chalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	the king		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality
2	believe	present			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	make	past · passive	the coat	of chalk	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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

Yeah, he actually believed the coat was chalk until his own tailor said otherwise, mate, so it was all a massive fluke

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 believed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 believed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 believed	nsubj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 believed	advmod
5	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 coat	det
7	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chalk	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 chalk	cop
9	chalk	chalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 believed	ccomp
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 said	mark
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 tailor	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tailor	amod
13	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 said	nsubj
14	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 believed	parataxis
15	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	14 said	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mate	punct
17	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 said	vocative
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 fluke	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	25 fluke	advmod
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 fluke	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 fluke	cop
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	25 fluke	det:predet
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 fluke	det
24	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 fluke	amod
25	fluke	fluke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 believed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	believe	past	he		actually property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	the coat	chalk		tree rules
3	say speech: assert	past	his own tailor		mate vocative; otherwise property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past	tailor	all massive fluke		tree rules

Option 2

Nah, he measured it and it was clearly stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 measured	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 measured	nsubj
4	measured	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 measured	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stone	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stone	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 stone	cop
9	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	10 stone	advmod
10	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 measured	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	past	he	it					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme it=Value
2	is a	past	it	stone				clearly property	tree rules

Option 3

Nah, he knew straight away it was just chalk, so Maria's trick wasn't fooling him at all, it was just a bit of a laugh

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 knew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knew	nsubj
4	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	4 knew	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 chalk	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 chalk	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 chalk	advmod
10	chalk	chalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 away	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 fooling	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	18 fooling	advmod
13	Maria	Maria	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 trick	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Maria	case
15	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fooling	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 fooling	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 fooling	advmod
18	fooling	fool	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 knew	advcl
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 fooling	obj
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 all	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 fooling	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 bit	punct
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 bit	nsubj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 bit	cop
25	just	just	ADV	_	27 bit	advmod
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 bit	det
27	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knew	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 laugh	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 laugh	det
30	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	know	past	he			away property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	it	chalk			tree rules
3	not fool	past · progressive	Maria's trick	chalk	all		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	is a	past	trick	a bit		of a laugh	tree rules
5	trick		Maria				nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, Maria's chalk trick was the only way out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	10 way	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	Maria	Maria	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 trick	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Maria	case
5	chalk	chalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trick	compound
6	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 way	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 way	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
9	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	out	out	ADV	_	10 way	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Maria's chalk trick	the only way				out property	tree rules
2	trick		Maria						nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/723-pg2435-part63/t5/