Test 9 · ★★ · Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, a…
«I felt like the Queen of Sheba» says Nan, after getting new shoes. What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Nan · What happens: feel, say, get, mean · To what, where: new shoes · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 101 «Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, and the legends of the ring and the jinn» of the religion ethics 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: «I felt like the Queen of Sheba» says Nan, after getting new shoes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 felt | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 felt | nsubj |
| 3 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 says | ccomp |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 Queen | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Queen | det |
| 6 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 felt | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Sheba | case |
| 8 | Sheba | Sheba | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Queen | nmod |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 says | punct |
| 10 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 says | nsubj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 getting | punct |
| 13 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 14 getting | mark |
| 14 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 says | advcl |
| 15 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 shoes | amod |
| 16 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 getting | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel in a quote | past | Nan | like the Queen of Sheba | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like queen=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Nan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | get | gerund | Nan not said here | new shoes | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shoe=Stimulus |
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 does she mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Nan | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
She felt like going on a long journey
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 | 2 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 4 going | mark |
| 4 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 felt | advcl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 journey | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 journey | det |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 journey | amod |
| 8 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 going | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | She | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | go | gerund | She not said here | a long journey | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on journey=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She felt rich and splendid
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 | 2 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 felt | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 splendid | cc |
| 5 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rich | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | She | rich property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
She felt she had to answer hard questions
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 | 2 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 felt | ccomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 answer | mark |
| 6 | answer | answer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 had | xcomp |
| 7 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 questions | amod |
| 8 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 answer | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | She | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | have | past | she | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | answer speech: assert | to-infinitive | she not said here | hard questions | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality |
Option 4
She felt tired and old
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 | 2 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 felt | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 old | cc |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tired | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | She | tired property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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