Test 9 · ★★ · Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to…

«my mate says the gaoler's daughter is made up, gaolers didnt have families» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, gaolers didnt · What happens: say, make up, have, be · To what, where: daughter, families · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gaoler	det
6	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 daughter	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 gaoler	case
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 made	aux:pass
10	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 says	ccomp
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 made	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 have	punct
13	gaolers	gaoler	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 didnt	compound
14	didnt	didnt	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 have	nsubj
15	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
16	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 have	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 have	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 right	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 right	cop
20	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 have	advcl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make up in a quote	present · passive		the gaoler's daughter		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot
3	have in a quote	present	gaolers didnt	families		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient
4	is	present			right 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 right answer

Old gaolers often lived in the gaol with their families

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gaolers	amod
2	gaolers	gaoler	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lived	nsubj
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 lived	advmod
4	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 gaol	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gaol	det
7	gaol	gaol	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 families	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 families	nmod:poss
10	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	Old gaolers			the gaol		with gaolers's families; often property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in gaol=Location

Option 2

Gaolers were never allowed to marry or have children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gaolers	gaoler	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 marry	mark
6	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 have	cc
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	conj
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not allow	past · passive		Gaolers	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	Gaolers not said here		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	have	present		children	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient

Option 3

Gaolers were always soldiers who lived in barracks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gaolers	gaoler	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 soldiers	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 soldiers	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 soldiers	advmod
4	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 lived	nsubj
6	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 soldiers	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 barracks	case
8	barracks	barrack	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Gaolers	soldiers				always property	tree rules
2	live	past	soldiers			barracks			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in barrack=Location

Option 4

Only castles had gaolers, and they lived in towers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 castles	advmod
2	castles	castle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	gaolers	gaoler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lived	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lived	cc
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lived	nsubj
8	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 towers	case
10	towers	tower	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	castles	gaolers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gaoler=Patient
2	live	past	castles = castle			towers			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tower=Location

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