Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose…

No way, so the mint said no to him, lowkey savage, huh?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mint · What happens: say · To what, where: no, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 808 «Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose a wife and is pinned in a box of curiosities» 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	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 savage	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	7 said	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mint	det
6	mint	mint	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 way	acl:relcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 said	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 savage	punct
12	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 savage	amod
13	savage	savage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 huh	punct
15	huh	huh	INTJ	_	13 savage	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 savage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the mint	no	way				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to he=Recipient

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

Yeah, she said she just wants to be pals now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wants	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 wants	advmod
7	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	10 pals	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 pals	cop
10	pals	pal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wants	obj
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 wants	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want	present	she		now	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	is a	to-infinitive		pals		tree rules

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

Yeah, she said friends only, cause they're both old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 said	obj
6	only	only	ADV	_	5 friends	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 old	punct
8	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	12 old	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 old	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 old	cop
11	both	both	ADV	_	12 old	advmod
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she	friends					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent friend=Topic
2	is	present	friends = friend					both, old property	tree rules

Option 3

Yeah, she said friends only, cause they're both old and she's already got her eye on someone else

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 said	obj
6	only	only	ADV	_	5 friends	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 old	punct
8	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	12 old	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 old	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 old	cop
11	both	both	ADV	_	12 old	advmod
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 got	cc
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 got	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 got	cop
16	already	already	ADV	_	17 got	advmod
17	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 eye	nmod:poss
19	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 got	obj
20	on	on	ADP	_	21 someone	case
21	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 got	obl
22	else	else	ADV	_	21 someone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she	friends			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent friend=Topic
2	is	present	friends = friend			both, old property	tree rules
3	is	present	she		someone	get property	tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, she said friends only, cause they're both old and the time for romance has passed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 said	obj
6	only	only	ADV	_	5 friends	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 old	punct
8	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	12 old	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 old	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 old	cop
11	both	both	ADV	_	12 old	advmod
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 passed	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 time	det
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 passed	nsubj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 romance	case
17	romance	romance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 time	nmod
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 passed	aux
19	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 old	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she	friends		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent friend=Topic
2	is	present	friends = friend		both, old property	tree rules
3	pass	present · perfect	the time for romance			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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