Test 7 · Kings, queens and emperors

In a video game, a king orders anything he wants and nobody can say no. What would a real king have needed?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, nobody · What happens: order, want, say, need · To what, where: anything, video game, no. · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 game	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 game	det
3	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 game	compound
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 orders	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 game	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 orders	nsubj
8	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 orders	obj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wants	nsubj
11	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 anything	acl:relcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 say	cc
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 say	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 say	aux
15	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 orders	conj
16	no.	no.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	15 say	obj
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 needed	nsubj:pass
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 needed	aux
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 king	det
20	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 king	amod
21	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 needed	nsubj:pass
22	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 needed	aux
23	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 say	ccomp
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 orders	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	order	present	a king	anything	a video game	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme
2	want	present	king			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	say speech: assert	can	nobody	no.		tree rules
4	need	would · perfect · passive				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

The support of nobles, money, armies and the law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 support	det
2	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 nobles	case
4	nobles	noble	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 support	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 money	punct
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 support	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 armies	punct
8	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 support	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 law	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 law	det
11	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 support	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	support			nobles					nom support «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Nothing at all, because kings were above every single rule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 all	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Nothing	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rule	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 rule	mark
6	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 rule	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 rule	cop
8	above	above	ADP	_	11 rule	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 rule	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rule	amod
11	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	kings			every single rule			tree rules

Option 3

Only a big golden crown and a very loud commanding voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 crown	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crown	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crown	amod
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crown	amod
5	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 voice	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 voice	det
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 loud	advmod
9	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 voice	amod
10	commanding	command	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 voice	amod
11	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crown	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	command	gerund							vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A vote of all the children in the kingdom, held every spring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 vote	det
2	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 held	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 children	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 children	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 vote	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 kingdom	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kingdom	det
9	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 children	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 vote	punct
11	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 spring	det
13	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 held	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle · passive		a vote of all children in the kingdom			spring		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	vote			all children in the kingdom					nom vote «act transitive»: of=patient

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