Test 7 · ★ · Gutenberg 27200, The Jewish Maiden: a Jewish servant keeps…

Be honest, why'd the pasha cry?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pasha · What happens: be, cry

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 865 «Gutenberg 27200, The Jewish Maiden: a Jewish servant keeps her vow, hears a knight's legend and is buried outside the churchyard wall» 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	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 honest	cop
2	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cry	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 cry	advmod
5	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	8 cry	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pasha	det
7	pasha	pasha	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cry	nsubj
8	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 honest	parataxis
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 honest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					honest property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	infinitive	the pasha						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

He couldn't believe such mercy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 believe	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 believe	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 believe	advmod
4	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mercy	amod
6	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not believe	could	He	such mercy					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mercy=Stimulus

Option 2

He heard bad news

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 news	amod
4	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	He	bad news					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He had just heard his own son had died fighting in the war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 heard	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	aux
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 heard	advmod
4	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 son	amod
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 died	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 died	aux
9	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 heard	ccomp
10	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 heard	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 war	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 war	det
13	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fighting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	hear	past · perfect	He		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	die	past · perfect	his own son		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	fight	gerund	He not said here	the war	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He was ashamed of how cruelly he had treated the knight for years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ashamed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ashamed	cop
3	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 treated	mark
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 treated	advmod
6	cruelly	cruelly	ADV	_	9 treated	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 treated	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 treated	aux
9	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ashamed	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 knight	det
11	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 treated	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 years	case
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 treated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					ashamed property	tree rules
2	treat	past · perfect · passive		he			year	cruelly property	tree rules

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