Test 6 · ★ · Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part 22: a weaver's clums…

Wait, the cat actually sorted the rats out in the barn?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, cat · What happens: wait, sort out · To what, where: rats, barn

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sorted	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sorted	nsubj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 sorted	advmod
6	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rats	det
8	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sorted	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	6 sorted	compound:prt
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 barn	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 barn	det
12	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sorted	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sort out	past	the cat	the rats				in the barn goal; actually property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent rat=Theme in barn=Goal

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, dead quick, every rat got caught, sick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 quick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 quick	punct
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 quick	amod
4	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 caught	punct
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 rat	det
7	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 caught	nsubj:pass
8	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 caught	aux:pass
9	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 quick	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sick	punct
11	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 quick	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive		every rat					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Nah, the rats ran off to the fields, the cat was too slow and lazy, proper rubbish, mate, honest

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rats	det
4	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ran	nsubj
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 ran	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 fields	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fields	det
9	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ran	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 slow	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cat	det
12	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 slow	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 slow	cop
14	too	too	ADV	_	15 slow	advmod
15	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ran	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 lazy	cc
17	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 slow	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 rubbish	punct
19	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 rubbish	amod
20	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 slow	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 mate	punct
22	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 rubbish	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 honest	punct
24	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 slow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	run off	past	the rats	to the fields result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to field=Result
2	is	past	the cat	slow property	tree rules
3	be		the cat not said here		tree rules
4	be		the cat not said here		tree rules

Option 3

Yeah, the cat was dead quick and not one rat got away from the barn, mint, innit, bruv

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 quick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 quick	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quick	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 quick	cop
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 quick	amod
7	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 got	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 got	advmod
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 rat	nummod
11	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	nsubj
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 quick	conj
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 got	advmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 barn	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 barn	det
16	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 mint	punct
18	mint	mint	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 barn	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 innit	punct
20	innit	innit	INTJ	_	7 quick	discourse
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 bruv	punct
22	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quick	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the cat					quick property	tree rules
2	not get away	past	one rat			the barn and mint		away property	vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from barn=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, proper quick, not one got away, mint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 quick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 quick	punct
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 quick	amod
4	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 got	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 got	advmod
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 quick	parataxis
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 got	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mint	punct
11	mint	mint	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quick	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get away	participle	one					away property	vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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