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Test 6 · Kings, queens and emperors

Maisie mixes up two stories about wooden teeth. Which is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maisie · What happens: mix up, be · To what, where: two stories

This is test 6 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: Maisie mixes up two stories about wooden teeth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maisie	Maisie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 mixes	nsubj
2	mixes	mix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 mixes	compound:prt
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 stories	nummod
5	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mixes	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 teeth	case
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 teeth	amod
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stories	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mixes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix up	present	Maisie	two stories				about wooden teeth	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=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: Which is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Both of them had wooden teeth made by the same man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 had	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Both	nmod
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 teeth	amod
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 teeth	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 man	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Both	wooden teeth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
2	make	participle		wooden teeth not said here				by the same man	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 2

Elizabeth I had wooden teeth carved from oak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elizabeth	Elizabeth	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Elizabeth	flat
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 teeth	amod
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
6	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 teeth	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 oak	case
8	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Elizabeth	wooden teeth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
2	carve	participle		wooden teeth not said here		oak			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Washington had wooden teeth painted white

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Washington	Washington	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 teeth	amod
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
5	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 teeth	acl
6	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 painted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Washington	wooden teeth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
2	paint	participle		wooden teeth not said here				white property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Neither had wooden teeth; Washington's were teeth, ivory and metal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	ADV	_	2 had	advmod
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 teeth	amod
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 teeth	punct
6	Washington	Washington	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 teeth	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Washington	case
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 teeth	cop
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ivory	punct
11	ivory	ivory	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 teeth	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 metal	cc
13	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 teeth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past		wooden teeth				neither property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
2	is a	past		Washington's teeth and ivory and metal					tree rules

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