Test 9 · ★ · Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl…

Did the king know Maria was under the couch?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, Maria · What happens: know, be · To what, where: couch · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	nsubj
4	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Maria	Maria	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 couch	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 couch	cop
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 couch	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 couch	det
9	couch	couch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	ccomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past · do-support	the king						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	Maria			the couch			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 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he didn't see her at first, but he heard her breathing from across the room and got suspicious straight away, bro

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 see	advmod
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 first	case
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 see	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 heard	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 heard	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 heard	nsubj
13	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 see	parataxis
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 heard	obj
15	breathing	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 heard	xcomp
16	from	from	ADP	_	19 room	case
17	across	across	ADP	_	19 room	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 room	det
19	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 breathing	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 got	cc
21	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 heard	conj
22	suspicious	suspicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 got	xcomp
23	straight	straight	ADV	_	24 away	advmod
24	away	away	ADV	_	21 got	advmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 bro	punct
26	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not see	past · do-support	he	her = she			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
2	hear	past	he	her = she			tree rules
3	breathe	gerund	her = she not said here		the room		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	get	past	he not said here			away, suspicious property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Yeah, he saw a little foot sticking out from under the couch and went over to check, but then she jumped out, mate

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 foot	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 foot	amod
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obj
8	sticking	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 foot	acl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 sticking	compound:prt
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 couch	case
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 couch	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 couch	det
13	couch	couch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sticking	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 went	cc
15	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saw	conj
16	over	over	ADV	_	15 went	advmod
17	to	to	PART	_	18 check	mark
18	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 went	advcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 jumped	punct
20	but	but	CCONJ	_	23 jumped	cc
21	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 jumped	advmod
22	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 jumped	nsubj
23	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saw	conj
24	out	out	ADP	_	23 jumped	compound:prt
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 mate	punct
26	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 jumped	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	a little foot				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer foot=Stimulus
2	stick out	gerund	a little foot not said here		the couch			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	go over	past	he not said here				over property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
4	check	to-infinitive	he not said here					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	jump out	past	she			then	mate vocative	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, he spotted her straight away, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 spotted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 spotted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spotted	nsubj
4	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spotted	obj
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 spotted	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bro	punct
9	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spotted	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past	he		her = she			away property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he had no clue until she jumped out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 jumped	advcl
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 clue	det
6	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 jumped	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 jumped	nsubj
9	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 jumped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	no clue					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clue=Patient
2	jump out	past	she						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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