Test 4 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the B…

Which is TRUE in this part?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: part

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the Butterfly stamps, Balkis is wise, and the book ends» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 TRUE	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 part	case
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 part	det
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 TRUE	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				this part		true 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

The Queens are angry that Suleiman invited a Butterfly to dinner at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Queens	det
2	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 angry	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 invited	mark
6	Suleiman	Suleiman	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 invited	nsubj
7	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 Butterfly	det
9	Butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invited	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 dinner	mark
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invited	xcomp
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 invited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Queens					angry property	tree rules
2	invite	past	Suleiman		a Butterfly	all			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butterfly=Recipient

Option 2

The Queens think the King is joking, and nothing else would frighten them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Queens	det
2	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 joking	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 joking	aux
7	joking	joke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 think	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 frighten	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 frighten	cc
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 frighten	nsubj
11	else	else	ADV	_	10 nothing	advmod
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 frighten	aux
13	frighten	frighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 think	parataxis
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 frighten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	the Queens		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	joke speech: other	present · progressive	the King		vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	frighten	would	nothing	Queens = queen	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Queens think the King can do anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Queens	det
2	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 think	ccomp
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	the Queens						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	do	can	the King	anything					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality

Option 4

The Djinns are all asleep in the earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Djinns	det
2	Djinns	djinn	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 asleep	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 asleep	cop
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 asleep	advmod
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 earth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 earth	det
8	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Djinns			the earth		all, asleep property	tree rules

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