Test 6 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 1: a wis…

Ruby, salty (= cross): «the Butterfly told his wife the truth.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Butterfly, you · What happens: tell, put · To what, where: truth, wife · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 96 «Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 1: a wise king, a hungry Animal and a butterfly's boast» 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: Ruby, salty (= cross): «the Butterfly told his wife the truth.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 salty	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 salty	punct
3	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 cross	punct
5	=	=	SYM	_	6 cross	punct
6	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 salty	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 cross	punct
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 told	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 told	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Butterfly	det
11	Butterfly	Butterfly	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 told	nsubj
12	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 salty	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wife	nmod:poss
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 told	iobj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 truth	det
16	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 told	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 salty	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 salty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	the Butterfly	the truth	Butterfly's wife				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient truth=Topic

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: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	truth				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

He told his wife that he had been brave, and laughed, and that Suleiman had stamped too

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wife	nmod:poss
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	iobj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 brave	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 brave	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 brave	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 brave	cop
9	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 told	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 laughed	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 laughed	cc
12	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 stamped	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 stamped	cc
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 stamped	mark
16	Suleiman	Suleiman	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 stamped	nsubj:pass
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 stamped	aux
18	stamped	stamp	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 told	conj
19	too	too	ADV	_	18 stamped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He		his wife		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient
2	is	past · perfect	he			brave property	tree rules
3	laugh	past	He not said here				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	stamp	past · perfect · passive		Suleiman			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He bragged that Suleiman asked him not to stamp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bragged	nsubj
2	bragged	brag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 asked	mark
4	Suleiman	Suleiman	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 asked	nsubj
5	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bragged	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 asked	iobj
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 stamp	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 stamp	mark
9	stamp	stamp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 asked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	brag speech: other	past	He		vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	past	Suleiman	him = he	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	not stamp not said to happen	to-infinitive	Suleiman not said here		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He claimed Suleiman had been very cross with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Suleiman	Suleiman	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cross	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cross	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 cross	cop
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 cross	advmod
7	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 claimed	ccomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cross	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past · perfect	Suleiman					with him = he; cross property	tree rules

Option 4

He bragged that Suleiman asked him not to stamp, because he was so very frightened of him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bragged	nsubj
2	bragged	brag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 asked	mark
4	Suleiman	Suleiman	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 asked	nsubj
5	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 stamp	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 asked	iobj
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 stamp	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 stamp	mark
9	stamp	stamp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bragged	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 frightened	punct
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 frightened	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 frightened	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 frightened	cop
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 frightened	advmod
15	very	very	ADV	_	16 frightened	advmod
16	frightened	frightened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stamp	parataxis
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 frightened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	brag speech: other	past	He				vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	past	Suleiman		him = he		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	not stamp	to-infinitive					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	past · passive		Suleiman		of him = he; frightened property	tree rules

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