Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a…
So is he gonna get his basket back in the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: be · To what, where: end
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1214 «Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a magic cock, and the innkeepers plot to steal it» 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | cop |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 get | nsubj |
| 4 | gonna | gonna | PART | _ | 5 get | mark |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 basket | nmod:poss |
| 7 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 end | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 end | det |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | in the end | get property | 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, mate, he gets it back at the end, after the innkeepers get what's coming to them, so keep reading.
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 mate | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gets | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 gets | advmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 end | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 end | det |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 get | punct |
| 13 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 16 get | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 innkeepers | det |
| 15 | innkeepers | innkeeper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 get | nsubj |
| 16 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gets | conj |
| 17 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 19 coming | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 coming | aux |
| 19 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 get | ccomp |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 them | case |
| 21 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 coming | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 keep | punct |
| 23 | so | so | ADV | _ | 24 keep | advmod |
| 24 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 gets | parataxis |
| 25 | reading | read | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 24 keep | xcomp |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | present | he | mate | at the end | mate vocative | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at end=Asset | ||
| 2 | get | present | the innkeepers | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | come | present · progressive | innkeepers = innkeeper | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial_Location | |||||
| 4 | keep | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | read | gerund | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Dunno yet, bro, read on then.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dunno | Dunno | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 read | nsubj |
| 2 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 1 Dunno | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bro | punct |
| 4 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dunno | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dunno | punct |
| 6 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 then | case |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 read | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 read | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | infinitive | Dunno | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yeah, he gets it, mate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gets | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gets | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gets | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mate | punct |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | he | it | mate obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Dunno yet, bro, you'll have to read on, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dunno | Dunno | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 have | vocative |
| 2 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 1 Dunno | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bro | punct |
| 4 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dunno | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dunno | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 have | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 have | aux |
| 8 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 read | mark |
| 10 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 have | xcomp |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 read | compound:prt |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 have | punct |
| 13 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 have | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | future | you | Dunno vocative; mate vocative | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | read on | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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