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Test 7 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 1: a wis…

«You know what wives are like», says the Butterfly. What should we think of that kind of joke?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, Butterfly, we · What happens: know, say, think · To what, where: wives · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: «You know what wives are like», says the Butterfly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 know	nsubj
3	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 says	ccomp
4	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	5 wives	det
5	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 know	obj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 like	cop
7	like	like	ADP	_	5 wives	nmod
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Butterfly	det
12	Butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	present	You	what wives					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	the Butterfly						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=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: What should we think of that kind of joke?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 think	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 think	aux
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 kind	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 kind	det
7	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 think	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 joke	case
9	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kind	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	should	we					of that kind of joke	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

The options

Option 1

Wives are always right, always

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 right	advmod
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 right	punct
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 right	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Wives					always, right property	tree rules

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

It's an old idea; people differ

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 idea	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 idea	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 idea	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 idea	amod
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 differ	punct
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 differ	nsubj
8	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 idea	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a old idea					tree rules
2	differ	present	people						vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It's an old idea, and people differ, so it is no joke at all to anyone

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 idea	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 idea	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 idea	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 idea	amod
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 differ	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 differ	cc
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 differ	nsubj
9	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 idea	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 joke	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 joke	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 joke	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 joke	cop
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 joke	det
15	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 idea	parataxis
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 joke	nmod
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 anyone	case
19	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 joke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a old idea					tree rules
2	differ	present	people	a old idea not said here					tree rules
3	is a	present	idea	no joke		all		to anyone	tree rules

Option 4

It is a fact about all wives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fact	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fact	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fact	det
4	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 wives	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 wives	det
7	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fact	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a fact				about all wives	tree rules

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