Test 5 · ★ · Picture-Book Without Pictures, Pulcinella, part 2: the clo…

Lol, what did the little girl reckon the dogs would think?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little girl, dogs · What happens: reckon, think

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 905 «Picture-Book Without Pictures, Pulcinella, part 2: the clown mourns Columbine» 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	8 reckon	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 reckon	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 reckon	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reckon	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 girl	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 girl	amod
7	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reckon	nsubj
8	reckon	reckon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dogs	det
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 think	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 think	aux
12	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 reckon	ccomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 reckon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past · do-support	the little girl						tree rules
2	think speech: other	would	the dogs						vn focus-87.1-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice

what the dogs would say about her new dress and bonnet and boots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dogs	det
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 dress	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dress	nmod:poss
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dress	amod
9	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bonnet	cc
11	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dress	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 boots	cc
13	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 dress	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	the dogs					about her new dress and bonnet and boots	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

what she looked like in her new things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 looked	obj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	8 things	case
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 things	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 things	nmod:poss
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 things	amod
8	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	she					like her new things	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Attribute

Option 3

whether the whole village would notice her shiny new things today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	6 notice	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 village	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 village	amod
4	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 notice	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 notice	aux
6	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 things	nmod:poss
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 things	amod
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 things	amod
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 notice	obj
11	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 notice	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	would	the whole village	village's shiny new things			today		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus

Option 4

whether her new hat suited her face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	5 suited	mark
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hat	nmod:poss
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hat	amod
4	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suited	nsubj
5	suited	suit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 face	nmod:poss
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suited	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suit	past	her new hat	her face					tree rules

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