Test 6 · ★ · Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy he…

Was the chemist's boy a bit of a nerd before all this?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: boy

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1197 «Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy heals the king's foot and wins the princess's heart» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 boy	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chemist	det
3	chemist	chemist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boy	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 chemist	case
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bit	det
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boy	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 nerd	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 nerd	det
10	nerd	nerd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bit	nmod
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 this	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 this	det:predet
13	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 nerd	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 boy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the chemist's boy					tree rules

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

Yeah, he read books all the time, but he also went out drinking with the guards on Friday nights

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 read	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 read	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 read	nsubj
4	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 read	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 time	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 went	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 went	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 went	nsubj
12	also	also	ADV	_	13 went	advmod
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 read	conj
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 went	compound:prt
15	drinking	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 went	xcomp
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 guards	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 guards	det
18	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 drinking	obl
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 nights	case
20	Friday	Friday	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 nights	compound
21	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 drinking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	he	books	time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic
2	go out	past	he				tree rules
3	drink	gerund	he not said here		night	with the guards	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yeah, he was shy and kept to himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 shy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shy	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shy	cop
5	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 kept	cc
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 shy	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 himself	case
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					shy property	tree rules
2	keep	participle	he not said here		himself = he				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nah, he was actually the loudest lad in the market, always out causing trouble with his mates

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 lad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lad	cop
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 lad	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lad	det
7	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 lad	amod
8	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 market	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 market	det
11	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lad	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 causing	punct
13	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	15 causing	advmod
14	out	out	ADP	_	15 causing	compound:prt
15	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 lad	conj
16	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 causing	obj
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 mates	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 mates	nmod:poss
19	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 causing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	the loudest lad		the market		actually property	tree rules
2	cause out	gerund	he not said here	trouble				with his mates; always property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he was always stuck in his books

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 stuck	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stuck	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stuck	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stuck	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 stuck	advmod
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 books	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 books	nmod:poss
9	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			his books		always, stuck property	tree rules

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