Test 2 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2…

The Magician praises children «who see and are silent», then «who speak truth». Why both?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Magician · What happens: praise, see, be, speak · To what, where: children, truth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 91 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2: Pau Amma loses his shell» 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

Sentence 1: The Magician praises children «who see and are silent», then «who speak truth».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Magician	det
2	Magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 praises	nsubj
3	praises	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 praises	obj
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 see	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 see	nsubj
7	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 praises	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 silent	cc
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 silent	cop
10	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 see	conj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 see	punct
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 speak	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 speak	advmod
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 speak	punct
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 speak	nsubj
16	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 praises	conj
17	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 speak	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 speak	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 praises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	praise	present	the Magician	children			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	see in a quote	present					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is in a quote	present				silent property	tree rules
4	speak speech: other in a quote	present		truth	then		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.

Sentence 2: Why both?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Why	advcl:relcl
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She saw the beast but told no one at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beast	det
4	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 told	cc
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	She	the beast					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beast=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	past	She not said here	no one		all			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She noticed quietly, then told the truth when it was needed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 noticed	nsubj
2	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 noticed	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 told	advmod
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 noticed	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 truth	det
8	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 needed	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 needed	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 needed	aux:pass
12	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 told	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	notice	past	She			quietly property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	tell speech: assert	past	She not said here	the truth	then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient clause=Topic
3	need	past · passive		truth			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 3

She noticed quietly, then told the truth when it was needed, and kept her golden scissors safe

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 noticed	nsubj
2	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 noticed	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 told	advmod
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 noticed	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 truth	det
8	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 needed	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 needed	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 needed	aux:pass
12	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 told	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 kept	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 kept	cc
15	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 noticed	conj
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 kept	obj
17	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 scissors	amod
18	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 kept	obj
19	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	notice	past	She			quietly property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	tell speech: assert	past	She not said here	the truth	then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient clause=Topic
3	need	past · passive		truth			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
4	keep	past	She not said here	her = she		safe property	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Theme scissors=Attribute

Option 4

She lied when silence was best and spoke at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lied	nsubj
2	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 best	advmod
4	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 best	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 best	cop
6	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 lied	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 spoke	cc
8	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lied	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	lie	past	She		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	silence	well property	tree rules
3	speak speech: other	past	She not said here		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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