Test 6 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'…

Yo, how'd Pinkel keep the goat's bells from going off?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Pinkel · What happens: keep, go off · To what, where: bells

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	6 keep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 keep	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 Pinkel	punct
5	Pinkel	Pinkel	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 keep	nsubj
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 goat	det
8	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bells	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 goat	case
10	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keep	obj
11	from	from	SCONJ	_	12 going	mark
12	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 keep	advcl
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 going	compound:prt
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	infinitive	Pinkel	the goat's bells					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Theme
2	go off	gerund	Pinkel not said here						vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme

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 wrapped them in a cloth

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 wrapped	nsubj
2	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wrapped	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cloth	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cloth	det
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	past	He	them = they		a cloth			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in cloth=Destination

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

He stuffed them full of wool

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 stuffed	nsubj
2	stuffed	stuff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stuffed	obj
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stuffed	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 wool	case
6	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stuff	past	He	them = they				full property	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

He tied them with string

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 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tied	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 string	case
5	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	He	them = they				with string	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient with string=Co-Patient

Option 4

He pulled the bells off and stuffed them into his sack

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 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bells	det
4	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pulled	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	2 pulled	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stuffed	cc
7	stuffed	stuff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pulled	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stuffed	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 sack	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sack	nmod:poss
11	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stuffed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull off	past	He	the bells					vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Eventuality
2	stuff	past	He not said here	bells = bell		his sack			vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into sack=Destination

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