Test 2 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'…
Mate, why'd the brothers wanna get Pinkel in trouble?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: brothers · What happens: get · To what, where: Mate, trouble
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 get | obl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 get | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 get | advmod |
| 4 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 6 brothers | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 brothers | det |
| 6 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 get | nsubj |
| 7 | wanna | wanna | X | Foreign=Yes | 6 brothers | flat:foreign |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | Pinkel | Pinkel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 get | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 trouble | case |
| 11 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 get | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | infinitive | the brothers | Mate | trouble | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pinkel=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They were well jealous of him getting the king's favour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 jealous | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 jealous | cop |
| 3 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 jealous | advmod |
| 4 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 getting | mark |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 getting | nsubj |
| 7 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 jealous | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 favour | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 king | case |
| 11 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jealous | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | They | jealous, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | gerund | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | favour | the king | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
They were proper jealous of him getting the king's favour and wanted him sent off to the witch's hut
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 jealous | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 jealous | cop |
| 3 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 4 jealous | advmod |
| 4 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 getting | mark |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 getting | nsubj |
| 7 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 jealous | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 favour | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 king | case |
| 11 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 getting | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 wanted | cc |
| 13 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 jealous | conj |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 wanted | obj |
| 15 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 wanted | xcomp |
| 16 | off | off | ADP | _ | 15 sent | compound:prt |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 hut | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 witch | det |
| 19 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 hut | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 witch | case |
| 21 | hut | hut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | They | jealous, properly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | gerund | him = he | the king's favour | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer favour=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | want | past | They not said here | king | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | send off not said to happen | participle | king not said here | the witch's hut | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to hut=Destination | ||||
| 5 | favour | the king | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
They didn't like him and wanted him gone from court
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 like | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 like | advmod |
| 4 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 like | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wanted | cc |
| 7 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | conj |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wanted | obj |
| 9 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 like | xcomp |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 court | case |
| 11 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | past · do-support | They | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | past | They not said here | him = he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go not said to happen | participle | They not said here | court | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from court=Initial_Location |
Option 4
They were dead jealous cos the king liked him more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 jealous | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 jealous | cop |
| 3 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 jealous | amod |
| 4 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 8 liked | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 liked | nsubj |
| 8 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 jealous | advcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 liked | obj |
| 10 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 liked | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | They | jealous property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | like | past | the king | him = he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |
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