Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young artist becomes a mon…

Wait, so was the monk sus about the devil being real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, monk sus · What happens: wait, be

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 954 «Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young artist becomes a monk, doubts his faith, dies, and centuries later his marble Psyche is dug up» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 real	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	12 real	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 real	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sus	det
6	monk	monk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sus	amod
7	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 real	nsubj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 devil	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 devil	det
10	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 real	obl
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 real	cop
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wait	advcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the monk sus					about the devil; real 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

Nah, he was sure the devil was just a story that the old priests told children

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 sure	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sure	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sure	cop
5	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 devil	det
7	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 story	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 story	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	11 story	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 story	det
11	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sure	ccomp
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 told	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 priests	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 priests	amod
15	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 told	nsubj
16	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 story	advcl
17	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 told	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			sure property	tree rules
2	is a	past	the devil	a story			tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	past	the old priests		children		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he thought the devil was real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thought	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 devil	det
6	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 real	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 real	cop
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the devil					real property	tree rules

Option 3

Yeah, he believed the devil was real and had come to steal his soul every night

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 believed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 believed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 believed	nsubj
4	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 devil	det
6	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 real	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 real	cop
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 believed	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 come	cc
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 come	aux
11	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 believed	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 steal	mark
13	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 come	advcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 soul	nmod:poss
15	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 steal	obj
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 steal	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	he				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	the devil			real property	tree rules
3	come	past · perfect	he not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	steal	to-infinitive	he not said here	devil's soul	night		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location soul=Theme

Option 4

Nah, he thought the devil was a joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 devil	det
6	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 joke	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 joke	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 joke	det
9	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the devil	a joke					tree rules

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