Test 2 · ★ · Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, an…

Bro, why did his dad almost not sell him?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not sell · To what, where: him

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 118 «Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, and offers to help thieves rob a pastor» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sell	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sell	aux
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dad	nmod:poss
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	almost	almost	ADV	_	9 sell	advmod
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 sell	advmod
9	sell	sell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sell	iobj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 sell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sell	past · do-support			him = he			Bro vocative; almost property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 was like, it's too much money

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	9 money	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 money	cop
3	like	like	INTJ	_	9 money	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 like	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 money	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 money	cop
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 much	advmod
8	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 money	amod
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	much money					tree rules

Option 2

He was like, the kid is literally my whole world and I can't put a price tag on him

The tree, 20 words

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	3 like	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 like	cop
3	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 world	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kid	det
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 world	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 world	cop
8	literally	literally	ADV	_	11 world	advmod
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 world	nmod:poss
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 world	amod
11	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 like	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 put	cc
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 put	nsubj
14	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 put	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 put	advmod
16	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 like	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 tag	det
18	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tag	compound
19	tag	tag	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 put	obj
20	on	on	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	He		like property	tree rules
2	is a	present	the kid	my whole world	literally property	tree rules
3	not put	can	I	a price tag	on kid	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent tag=Theme on he=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was like, he's the apple of my eye

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	8 apple	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 apple	cop
3	like	like	INTJ	_	8 apple	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 apple	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 apple	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 apple	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 apple	det
8	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 eye	case
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 eye	nmod:poss
11	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 apple	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	the apple				of my eye	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He was like, no way, we need the kid to help on the farm and in the house every day

The tree, 20 words

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	6 way	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 way	cop
3	like	like	INTJ	_	6 way	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 need	punct
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 need	nsubj
9	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kid	det
11	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 need	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 help	mark
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 kid	acl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 farm	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 farm	det
16	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 help	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 house	cc
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 house	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 house	det
20	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kid	conj
21	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	22 day	det
22	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 need	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	past	He	no way			tree rules
2	need	present	we	the kid and the house		day	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot kid=Theme
3	help	to-infinitive	we not said here	the kid and the house not said here	the farm		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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