Test 3 · Kings, queens and emperors

Your teacher's quote card says "Marie Antoinette: Let them eat cake!" How could you raise it kindly?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: quote card, them, you · What happens: say, let, eat, raise · To what, where: Marie Antoinette, them, cake · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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: Your teacher's quote card says "Marie Antoinette: Let them eat cake!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 teacher	nmod:poss
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 card	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 teacher	case
4	quote	quote	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 card	compound
5	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Antoinette	punct
8	Marie	Marie	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Antoinette	compound
9	Antoinette	Antoinette	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	obj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 Let	punct
11	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	ccomp
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 Let	obj
13	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 Let	xcomp
14	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eat	obj
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 Let	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Your teacher's quote card	Marie Antoinette	tree rules
2	let in a quote	infinitive		them = they	tree rules
3	eat in a quote	infinitive	them = they not said here	cake	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=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: How could you raise it kindly?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 raise	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 raise	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 raise	nsubj
4	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 raise	obj
6	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	4 raise	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 raise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	could	you	cake				kindly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

The options

Option 1

Rip the card off the wall at break time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rip	rip	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 card	det
3	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rip	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wall	det
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rip	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 time	case
8	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 time	compound
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rip	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rip	imperative	you not said here	the card			time	off the wall	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent card=Patient off wall=Co-Patient

Option 2

"That's rubbish, Miss, everybody knows it's fake!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 rubbish	punct
2	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 rubbish	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rubbish	cop
4	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Miss	punct
6	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 rubbish	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knows	punct
8	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 knows	nsubj
9	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rubbish	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fake	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fake	cop
12	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 knows	ccomp
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	12 fake	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 rubbish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	That	rubbish	Miss nmod	tree rules
2	know in a quote	present	everybody			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is in a quote	present	rubbish		fake property	tree rules

Option 3

Say nothing, because quote cards are always right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 right	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 right	mark
5	quote	quote	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cards	compound
6	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 right	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 right	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 right	advmod
9	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	is	present	quote cards					always, right property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"Miss, I read there's no evidence she said it. Could we check?"

Sentence 1: "Miss, I read there's no evidence she said it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Miss	punct
2	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 read	vocative
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Miss	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 read	nsubj
5	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 's	expl
7	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 read	ccomp
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 evidence	det
9	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 's	nsubj
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 evidence	acl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 said	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	read in a quote	past	I			Miss vocative	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be in a quote	present	no evidence		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert in a quote	past	evidence	it			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Sentence 2: Could we check?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 check	aux
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 check	nsubj
3	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 check	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 check	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	could	we						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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