Test 9 · ★ · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

what even is a "minstrel" anyway, like a rapper?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: minstrel

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 917 «pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly, is turned away, and finds the apple-tree still bearing fruit» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	even	even	ADV	_	6 minstrel	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 minstrel	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 minstrel	det
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 minstrel	punct
6	minstrel	minstrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 what	nsubj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 minstrel	punct
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	6 minstrel	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 rapper	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 rapper	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 rapper	det
12	rapper	rapper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 what	nsubj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		a minstrel				anyway property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Kinda, a travelling singer who made songs back then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	_	7 made	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Kinda	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 singer	det
4	travelling	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 singer	amod
5	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 made	nsubj
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 made	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	7 made	advmod
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 made	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make back	past	a travelling singer	songs			then	kinda property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset song=Product

Option 2

Kinda, a travelling singer and poet who composed songs at the courts of old

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	_	9 composed	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Kinda	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 singer	det
4	travelling	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 singer	amod
5	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 composed	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 poet	cc
7	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 singer	conj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 composed	nsubj
9	composed	compose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 composed	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 courts	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 courts	det
13	courts	court	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 composed	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 old	case
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 courts	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	compose	past	a travelling singer and poet	songs		the courts of old		kinda property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Result

Option 3

Not really, a noble who wrote songs and sang them at court feasts in the castle

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 really	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	7 wrote	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 really	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 noble	det
5	noble	noble	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wrote	nsubj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 wrote	nsubj
7	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wrote	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sang	cc
10	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wrote	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sang	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 feasts	case
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 feasts	compound
14	feasts	feast	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sang	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 castle	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 castle	det
17	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	a noble	songs					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme
2	sing speech: express	past	a noble not said here	songs = song		court feasts		in the castle	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme

Option 4

Sort of, a wandering poet who sang tales

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	1 Sort	fixed
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 poet	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 poet	det
5	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 poet	amod
6	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sort	conj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 sang	nsubj
8	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 poet	acl:relcl
9	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sang	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	gerund							vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	sing speech: express	past	a wandering poet	tales					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tale=Theme

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