Test 10 · ★ · Andersen, George and Emily, part 158: the saddle, the mask…

what did the note say, exactly?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: note · What happens: do, say · To what, where: note · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 947 «Andersen, George and Emily, part 158: the saddle, the masked ball, and George's dinner invitation» 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	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 note	det
4	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 note	acl:relcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 exactly	punct
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	2 did	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the note				exactly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	the note not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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

From someone the General has never met

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	2 someone	case
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 General	det
4	General	General	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 met	nsubj
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 met	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 met	advmod
7	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 someone	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not meet	present · perfect	the General						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

From somebody whom the General does not know at all, and never shall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	2 somebody	case
2	somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
3	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 know	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 General	det
5	General	General	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 know	nsubj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 know	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 know	advmod
8	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 somebody	acl:relcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 know	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 somebody	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	2 somebody	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 shall	advmod
14	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 somebody	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not know	present · do-support	the General			all			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus

Option 3

From a gentleman whom the General has never once been introduced to in his life

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 gentleman	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gentleman	det
3	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 introduced	nsubj:pass
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 General	det
6	General	General	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 introduced	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 introduced	aux
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 introduced	advmod
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 introduced	advmod
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 introduced	aux:pass
11	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gentleman	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	11 introduced	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 life	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 life	nmod:poss
15	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 introduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not introduce	present · perfect · passive		a gentleman		gentleman's life		once property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"From somebody whom the General does not know"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 know	punct
2	From	from	ADP	_	3 somebody	case
3	somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 know	obl
4	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 know	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 General	det
6	General	General	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 know	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 know	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 know	advmod
9	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not know in a quote	present · do-support	the General			somebody			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus

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