Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 88: the mermaid save…

fr, what did the old lady say about the oysters hurting?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fr, oysters · What happens: do, say, hurt · To what, where: old lady · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 877 «Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 88: the mermaid saves the drowning prince from the storm» 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	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 fr	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lady	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lady	amod
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 oysters	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 oysters	det
11	oysters	oyster	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 say	obl
12	hurting	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 oysters	acl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	fr	the old lady		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	fr		about the oysters	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	hurt	gerund	the oysters not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

A proud heart never cries, so bear the pain in silence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 heart	det
2	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 heart	amod
3	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cries	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 cries	advmod
5	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bear	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 bear	advmod
8	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cries	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pain	det
10	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bear	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 silence	case
12	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cry speech: express	present	a proud heart						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bear	infinitive	a proud heart not said here	the pain		silence			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Patient

Option 2

Beauty must endure the ache

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 endure	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 endure	aux
3	endure	endure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ache	det
5	ache	ache	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 endure	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	endure	must	Beauty	the ache					vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ache=Circumstance

Option 3

Pride must suffer pain, and the sea gives nothing free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suffer	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 suffer	aux
3	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suffer	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gives	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gives	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gives	nsubj
9	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 suffer	advcl
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 gives	obj
11	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nothing	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	must	Pride	pain					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pain=Stimulus
2	give	present	the sea	nothing					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Pride must suffer pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suffer	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 suffer	aux
3	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suffer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	must	Pride	pain					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pain=Stimulus

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