Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the Shield, part 1: gra…

Wait, why did people call the councillor's wife "the Razor"?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, people · What happens: wait, call · To what, where: wife · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 994 «Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the Shield, part 1: grandpa recalls the shield parade, then the gale tears signs from their places» 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	_	6 call	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 call	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 call	aux
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 call	nsubj
6	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 councillor	det
8	councillor	councillor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wife	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 councillor	case
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	xcomp
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 wife	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Razor	det
13	Razor	razor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	xcomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 call	punct
15	?	?	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	call	past · do-support	people	the councillor's wife					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: 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

she ran the barber's shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 barber	det
4	barber	barber	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shop	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 barber	case
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	she	the barber's shop					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shop=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

she knew everyone's business

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 business	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 everyone	case
5	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	she	everyone's business					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer business=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

she knew everyone's business and told it to the whole town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 business	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 everyone	case
5	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knew	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 told	cc
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knew	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 told	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 town	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 town	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 town	amod
12	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	she	everyone's business					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer business=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	past	she not said here	business	the whole town				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to town=Recipient

Option 4

she always spread the gossip about everyone's business in town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spread	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 spread	advmod
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gossip	det
5	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 business	case
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 business	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 everyone	case
9	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 town	case
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 business	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	past	she	the gossip				about everyone's business in town; always property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gossip=Theme about business=Destination

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