Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draw…

Did the Count think the castle was dead good?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Count, castle · What happens: think, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 945 «Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draws Emily's castle and leaves for Rome» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Count	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Count	det
3	Count	Count	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 castle	det
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 good	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 good	cop
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 good	amod
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 think	ccomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	the Count						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the castle					good 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

Yeah, he said the old and new times clash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 times	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 times	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 new	cc
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 old	conj
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 clash	nsubj
10	clash	clash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	clash	present	the old times						vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yeah, he said the old and new time run into one, and it's the best job he's ever seen in Rome

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 old	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 run	cc
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 run	compound
10	run	run	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 old	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	12 one	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 said	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 job	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 job	cc
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 job	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 job	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 job	det
18	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 job	amod
19	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 seen	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 seen	aux
22	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	23 seen	advmod
23	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 job	acl:relcl
24	in	in	ADP	_	25 Rome	case
25	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	the old and time run			into one	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent old=Topic
2	is a	present	run	the best job				tree rules
3	see	present · passive	he	the best job not said here	Rome	ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he said the old and new time run into one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 old	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 run	cc
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 run	compound
10	run	run	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 old	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	12 one	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	the old and time run				into one	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent old=Topic

Option 4

Nah, he said it was the worst thing he'd seen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thing	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 thing	det
8	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 seen	nsubj
11	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 seen	aux
12	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 thing	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	the worst thing	tree rules
3	see	past · perfect	he	the worst thing not said here	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus

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