Test 1 · ★ · Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part 22: a weaver's clums…

Did you see the weaver whack the flies with a massive rock, like, proper dead dangerous?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, weaver · What happens: see, whack · To what, where: flies

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1156 «Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part 22: a weaver's clumsy mistake, a lost-seeming weaver, and a son who gets rich with a magic stone» of the books 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 see	nsubj
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 whack	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 weaver	det
5	weaver	weaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whack	nsubj
6	whack	whack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flies	det
8	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 whack	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 rock	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 rock	det
11	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 rock	amod
12	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whack	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 dangerous	punct
14	like	like	SCONJ	_	18 dangerous	mark
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 like	punct
16	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 dangerous	amod
17	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 dangerous	amod
18	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 whack	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 whack	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · do-support	you						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	whack	infinitive	the weaver	the flies				with a massive rock	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fly=Patient with rock=Instrument

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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he got the flies with a rock, then flattened the old lady and ran off to the village, proper mental, innit

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 flies	det
6	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 got	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 rock	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rock	det
9	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flies	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 flattened	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 flattened	advmod
12	flattened	flatten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 got	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 lady	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 lady	amod
15	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flattened	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 ran	cc
17	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 flattened	conj
18	off	off	ADP	_	17 ran	compound:prt
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 village	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 village	det
21	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ran	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 mental	punct
23	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 mental	amod
24	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 village	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 innit	punct
26	innit	innit	INTJ	_	4 got	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	the flies		with a rock	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fly=Stimulus
2	flatten	past	he not said here	the old lady	then		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Patient
3	run off	past	he not said here			to the village result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to village=Result

Option 2

Yeah, he hit a bloke with a stone, bare mental

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 hit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hit	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hit	nsubj
4	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bloke	det
6	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 stone	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stone	det
9	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hit	punct
11	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mental	amod
12	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	he	a bloke				with a stone	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bloke=Patient with stone=Instrument

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, and he flattened the old lady by accident, mental

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 flattened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 flattened	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 flattened	cc
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flattened	nsubj
5	flattened	flatten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lady	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lady	amod
8	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flattened	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 accident	case
10	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flattened	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mental	punct
12	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 accident	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatten	past	he	the old lady				by accident	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Patient

Option 4

Nah, the farmer was the one who swatted them with a huge stone and flattened the whole house, bruv, mad

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 farmer	det
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 one	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 swatted	nsubj
9	swatted	swat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	acl:relcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 swatted	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 stone	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 stone	det
13	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 stone	amod
14	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swatted	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 flattened	cc
16	flattened	flatten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 swatted	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 house	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 house	amod
19	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 flattened	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 bruv	punct
21	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 house	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 mad	punct
23	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the farmer	the one		tree rules
2	swat	past	the one	them = they	with a huge stone	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with stone=Instrument
3	flatten	past	the one not said here	the whole house and bruv		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient
4	be		the farmer not said here			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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