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Test 10 · Kings, queens and emperors

Amira tells the Lady Godiva story as fact. What is the wise thing to say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Amira, wise thing · What happens: tell, be, say · To what, where: Godiva story · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» 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

Sentence 1: Amira tells the Lady Godiva story as fact.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amira	Amira	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 story	det
4	Lady	Lady	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Godiva	compound
5	Godiva	Godiva	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 story	compound
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 fact	case
8	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	Amira	the Godiva story				as fact	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient

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: What is the wise thing to say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the wise thing						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	the wise thing not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She never lived, so the whole story is a lie

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 lived	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 lived	advmod
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lie	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	11 lie	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 story	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 story	amod
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lie	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 lie	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lie	det
11	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not live	past	She						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	the whole story	a lie					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It's a legend written long after; Peeping Tom was added later

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 legend	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 legend	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 legend	det
4	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 legend	acl
6	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 written	advmod
7	after	after	ADP	_	5 written	compound:prt
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 added	punct
9	Peeping	Peeping	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 added	nsubj:pass
10	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Peeping	flat
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 added	aux:pass
12	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 legend	conj
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 added	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a legend					tree rules
2	write after	participle		a legend not said here				long property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	add speech: assert	past · passive		Peeping				late property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Only the part about the horse is a legend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 part	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 part	det
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 legend	nsubj
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 horse	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 legend	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 legend	det
9	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the part about the horse	a legend					tree rules

Option 4

Every word is true because it's in a famous painting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 painting	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 painting	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 painting	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 painting	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 painting	det
10	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 painting	amod
11	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	every word					true property	tree rules
2	is	present	word			a famous painting			tree rules

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