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Test 5 · ★★ · A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wr…

The King says the Knave's poem is unsigned, «so he must have meant some mischief». Why is that bad thinking?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: King, poem · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: mischief · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 191 «A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wrong» of the world 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: The King says the Knave's poem is unsigned, «so he must have meant some mischief».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Knave	det
5	Knave	Knave	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 poem	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Knave	case
7	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unsigned	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 unsigned	cop
9	unsigned	unsigned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 meant	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 meant	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 meant	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 meant	nsubj
14	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 meant	aux
15	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 meant	aux
16	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 says	parataxis
17	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	18 mischief	det
18	mischief	mischief	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 meant	obj
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 meant	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the King						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is	present	the Knave's poem					unsigned property	tree rules
3	mean in a quote	must · perfect	King	some mischief					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mischief=Topic

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: Why is that bad thinking?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 thinking	mark
4	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thinking	amod
5	thinking	thinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	advcl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Unsigned poems are always written by the Queen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unsigned	unsigned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 poems	amod
2	poems	poem	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 written	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 written	aux:pass
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 written	advmod
5	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Queen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queen	det
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive	the Queen	Unsigned poems				always property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Having no name on it proves nothing about who wrote it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 proves	csubj
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 name	det
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Having	obl
6	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 proves	obj
8	about	about	SCONJ	_	10 wrote	mark
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 wrote	nsubj
10	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 proves	ccomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wrote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		no name		name			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
2	prove	present	Having	nothing					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent nothing=Attribute clause=Theme
3	write	past		name					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Poems are never used as evidence in any court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poems	poem	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 used	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 used	advmod
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 evidence	case
6	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 court	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 court	det
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 evidence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	present · passive		Poems				as evidence in any court	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as evidence=Attribute

Option 4

The Knave could not write at all, because he was only a playing card

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Knave	det
2	Knave	knave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 write	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 write	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 write	advmod
5	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 write	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 card	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 card	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 card	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 card	cop
12	only	only	ADV	_	15 card	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 card	det
14	playing	playing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 card	compound
15	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 write	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not write	could	the Knave			all			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	Knave	a playing card					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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