Test 14 · ★ · West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is cr…

how'd Pinkel get off the island, like?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Pinkel · What happens: get off · To what, where: island

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1160 «West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is crowned by a lion; Pinkel escapes a witch» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 get	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct
3	Pinkel	Pinkel	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 island	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 island	det
7	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	4 get	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get off	infinitive	Pinkel	the island					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer island=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.

The options

Option 1

he sang a song an charmed her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 song	det
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 charmed	nsubj:pass
6	charmed	charm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sang	conj
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 charmed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	he	a song					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
2	charm	participle · passive		an					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer she=Result

Option 2

he tricked the witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tricked	nsubj
2	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	he	the witch					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Patient

Option 3

he fooled the witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fooled	nsubj
2	fooled	fool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fooled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fool	past	he	the witch					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he talked the witch round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 talked	nsubj
2	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 round	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 round	compound
5	round	round	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 talked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	he	the witch round					vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent round=Patient

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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