Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48:…

So the guy saying he's a learned man, was it a joke?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guy, he · What happens: say, learn, be · To what, where: learned man, joke · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 837 «Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48: a lost counsellor wanders strange old streets and thinks he is ill» 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	So	so	ADV	_	14 joke	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guy	det
3	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 joke	nsubj
4	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 guy	acl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 man	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 man	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saying	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 guy	punct
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 joke	cop
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 joke	nsubj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 joke	det
14	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 joke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	the guy not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	learn	participle			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	he	a learned man	tree rules
4	is a	past	the guy	a joke	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 right answer

Nah, the bachelor was serious about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 serious	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bachelor	det
4	bachelor	bachelor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 serious	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 serious	cop
6	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 serious	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the bachelor					about it; serious property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the bachelor was dead serious about being a learned man, and he meant it sincerely at the table.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 serious	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bachelor	det
4	bachelor	bachelor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 serious	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 serious	cop
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 serious	amod
7	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	12 man	case
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 man	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 serious	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 meant	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 meant	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 meant	nsubj
16	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 serious	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 meant	obj
18	sincerely	sincerely	ADV	_	16 meant	advmod
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 table	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 table	det
21	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 meant	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 serious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the bachelor			serious property	tree rules
2	learn	participle					vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	gerund				about a learned man	tree rules
4	mean	past	man	bachelor	the table	sincerely property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

Yeah, he was just pulling our legs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 pulling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pulling	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pulling	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pulling	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 pulling	advmod
6	pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 legs	nmod:poss
8	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pulling	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pulling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past · progressive	he	our legs					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme

Option 4

Nah, the bachelor truly meant it, honestly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 meant	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bachelor	det
4	bachelor	bachelor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meant	nsubj
5	truly	truly	ADV	_	6 meant	advmod
6	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 meant	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 honestly	punct
9	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	6 meant	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 meant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	the bachelor	it				honestly, truly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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