Test 9 · ★ · Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages

What would a real medieval queen like Eleanor of Aquitaine have done all day?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: real medieval queen · What happens: do

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 18 «Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages» of the myths 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 done	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 done	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 queen	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 queen	amod
5	medieval	medieval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 queen	amod
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 done	nsubj
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 Eleanor	case
8	Eleanor	Eleanor	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 queen	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Aquitaine	case
10	Aquitaine	Aquitaine	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Eleanor	nmod
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 done	aux
12	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 done	obl:unmarked
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	would · perfect	a real medieval queen like Eleanor of Aquitaine				day		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Swept floors in the kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swept	sweep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 floors	amod
2	floors	floor	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 kitchen	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kitchen	det
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 floors	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	participle							vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Sat in a tower all day long, waiting for a knight to come and rescue her

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sat	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 tower	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 tower	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tower	det
4	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 long	obl:unmarked
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 tower	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 waiting	punct
9	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 tower	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 knight	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 knight	det
12	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 waiting	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 come	mark
14	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 waiting	advcl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 rescue	cc
16	rescue	rescue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 come	conj
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 rescue	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund		for a knight	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	to-infinitive			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	rescue	infinitive	her = she		vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Ruled lands, managed money and dealt with powerful people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruled	rule	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lands	amod
2	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 managed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 lands	punct
4	managed	manage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 managed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dealt	cc
7	dealt	deal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 managed	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 people	case
9	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 people	amod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dealt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rule	participle				vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	manage	past	Ruled lands	money		vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
3	deal	past	Ruled lands not said here		with powerful people	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with people=Theme

Option 4

Nothing, women weren't allowed to do anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Sub Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux:pass
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 allowed	advmod
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 allowed	xcomp
9	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	past · passive		Nothing					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	Nothing not said here	anything					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality

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