Test 7 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fatt…

Mate, what did the Bad One say about the broth?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: do, say · To what, where: Bad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1210 «Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fattened up for a feast» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Mate	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Bad	det
6	Bad	Bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 did	obj
7	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 Bad	flat
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 broth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 broth	det
11	broth	broth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Mate	the Bad					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bad=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	Mate					about the broth	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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

Don't add salt, ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 add	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 add	advmod
3	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 add	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ever	punct
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 add	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not add speech: assert	imperative · do-support	you not said here	salt			ever		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Don't taste it or stir it, and don't let the boy near the kettle at all

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 taste	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 taste	advmod
3	taste	taste	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 taste	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 stir	cc
6	stir	stir	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 taste	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stir	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 let	cc
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 let	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 let	advmod
12	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 taste	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 boy	det
14	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 let	obj
15	near	near	ADP	_	17 kettle	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 kettle	det
17	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 boy	nmod
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not taste	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it			vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme it=Attribute
2	stir	infinitive	you not said here	it			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
3	not let	infinitive · do-support	you not said here	the boy	the kettle	at all	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent boy=Theme at all=Asset

Option 3

Don't taste it, no matter what happens while I'm away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 taste	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 taste	advmod
3	taste	taste	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 taste	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 matter	punct
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 matter	det
7	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taste	obl
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 happens	nsubj
9	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 matter	acl:relcl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 away	mark
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 away	nsubj
12	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 away	cop
13	away	away	ADV	_	9 happens	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not taste	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it	no matter obl	vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme it=Attribute
2	happen	present	no matter			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	I		away property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Don't taste it, no matter what

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 taste	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 taste	advmod
3	taste	taste	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 taste	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 matter	punct
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 matter	det
7	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taste	obl
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 taste	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not taste	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it				no matter obl	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Theme what=Attribute

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