Test 8 · ★★ · Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to…

The washerwoman asks to be «gagged and bound» so it looks as if Toad attacked her. Why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: washerwoman, it, Toad · What happens: ask, gag, bind, look, attack · To what, where: washerwoman · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» of the history 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: The washerwoman asks to be «gagged and bound» so it looks as if Toad attacked her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 washerwoman	det
2	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	7 gagged	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 gagged	aux:pass
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 gagged	punct
7	gagged	gag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 looks	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bound	cc
9	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 gagged	conj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 gagged	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 looks	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 looks	nsubj
13	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asks	ccomp
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 attacked	mark
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	17 attacked	mark
16	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 attacked	nsubj
17	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 looks	advcl
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 attacked	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	the washerwoman		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	gag in a quote	to-infinitive · passive			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»
3	bind in a quote	participle			vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	look	present	it		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
5	attack	past	Toad	washerwoman	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She took his gold coins, which was bribery, and wanted to hide it

The tree, 13 words

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	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	5 coins	nmod:poss
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coins	compound
5	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bribery	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 bribery	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 bribery	cop
9	bribery	bribery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coins	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wanted	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wanted	cc
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 hide	mark
14	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wanted	xcomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	take	past	She	his gold coins	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme
2	is a	past	his gold coins	bribery	tree rules
3	want	past	She not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	hide not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	bribery	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
5	coin		his = he		nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

She wanted to have a long rest from washing

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 have	mark
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rest	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rest	amod
7	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 washing	case
9	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	have not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	a long rest		washing			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient

Option 3

It was the law that every washerwoman be tied up on Fridays

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 law	expl
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 law	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 law	det
4	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 tied	nsubj:pass
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 washerwoman	det
7	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tied	nsubj:pass
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 tied	aux:pass
9	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 law	acl:relcl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 tied	compound:prt
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 Fridays	case
12	Fridays	Friday	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the law					tree rules
2	tie up	infinitive · passive		the law			friday		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

She liked being tied up in a corner of the cell

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	4 tied	nsubj:pass
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tied	aux:pass
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 tied	aux:pass
4	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 tied	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 corner	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 corner	det
8	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tied	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 cell	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cell	det
11	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 corner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie up	past · passive		She		a corner of the cell			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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