Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three ma…

Wait, so the king sent the chamberlain for three days?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, king · What happens: wait, send · To what, where: chamberlain

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1167 «Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three magic gifts, tricks his way to the top, and wins the king's daughter» 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 sent	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 sent	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	nsubj
6	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chamberlain	det
8	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 days	case
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 days	nummod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sent	obl
12	?	?	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	send	past	the king	the chamberlain			day		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chamberlain=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 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he sent the chamberlain to return the table and bring the cornet too, mate.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chamberlain	det
6	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 return	mark
8	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sent	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 table	det
10	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 return	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bring	cc
12	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 return	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cornet	det
14	cornet	cornet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bring	obj
15	too	too	ADV	_	12 bring	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mate	punct
17	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bring	vocative
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	send	past	he	the chamberlain		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chamberlain=Theme
2	return	to-infinitive	he not said here	the table		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme
3	bring	infinitive	he not said here	the cornet	mate vocative	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cornet=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, to borrow the table, bruv.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 borrow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 borrow	punct
3	to	to	PART	_	4 borrow	mark
4	borrow	borrow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 table	det
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 borrow	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bruv	punct
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 table	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 borrow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	to-infinitive		the table and bruv					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, to borrow the table for three days, bruv, that's the deal.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 borrow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 borrow	punct
3	to	to	PART	_	4 borrow	mark
4	borrow	borrow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 table	det
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 borrow	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 days	case
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 days	nummod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 borrow	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bruv	punct
11	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 days	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 deal	punct
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 deal	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 deal	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 deal	det
16	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 borrow	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 borrow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	to-infinitive		the table			day		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme
2	is a	present	that	the deal					tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, to steal the cornet, bruv.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 steal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 steal	punct
3	to	to	PART	_	4 steal	mark
4	steal	steal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cornet	det
6	cornet	cornet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 steal	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bruv	punct
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cornet	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 steal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	to-infinitive		the cornet and bruv					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cornet=Theme

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