Test 8 · ★ · Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy he…

Did he have a rubbish time with his mum and dad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: have

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 time	det
5	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 time	compound
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 mum	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mum	nmod:poss
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 time	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dad	cc
11	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mum	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past · do-support	he				time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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, his mum and dad were actually really strict and he got beaten a lot when he was a kid

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	10 strict	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 strict	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dad	cc
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mum	conj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 strict	cop
8	actually	actually	ADV	_	10 strict	advmod
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 strict	advmod
10	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 beaten	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 beaten	nsubj
13	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 beaten	aux:pass
14	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 strict	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 lot	det
16	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 beaten	obj
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 kid	advmod
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 kid	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 kid	cop
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 kid	det
21	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 beaten	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	his mum and dad		actually, strict property	tree rules
2	beat	past · passive	a kid	he		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient lot=Result
3	is a	past	he	a kid		tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, they both went off to sea when he was little and never came back to the town at all

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 went	nsubj
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 went	advmod
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 went	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 sea	case
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 little	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 little	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 little	cop
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 went	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 came	cc
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 came	advmod
15	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 went	conj
16	back	back	ADV	_	15 came	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 town	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 town	det
19	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 came	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 all	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 town	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	go off	past	they		to sea	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	he		little property	tree rules
3	not come back	past	they not said here	the town at all		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial_Location

Option 3

Yeah, his dad left when he was small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 left	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 left	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	nsubj
5	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 small	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 small	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 small	cop
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 left	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	his dad						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	dad					small property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, they both died when he was little

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 died	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 died	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 died	nsubj
4	both	both	ADV	_	5 died	advmod
5	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 little	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 little	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 little	cop
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	they					both property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	is	past	he					little property	tree rules

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