Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a…

Why did the Holy Man give him a cock, of all things?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Holy Man · What happens: give · To what, where: cock, him

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 give	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 give	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Man	det
4	Holy	Holy	PROPN	_	5 Man	compound
5	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 give	iobj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cock	det
9	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 things	punct
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 things	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 things	det
13	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 give	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · do-support	the Holy Man	a cock	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cock=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To make money, cos it crows out gold and diamonds, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 crows	punct
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	7 crows	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 crows	nsubj
7	crows	crow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 make	advcl
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 crows	compound:prt
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crows	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 diamonds	cc
11	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gold	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mate	punct
13	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		money					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset money=Product
2	crow out	present	money	gold and diamonds and mate					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Topic

Option 2

Cos he asked for a pet, bro.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 pet	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pet	det
6	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bro	punct
8	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pet	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	Cos					for a pet and bro	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

For his dinner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 dinner	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dinner	nmod:poss
3	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dinner	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

To make cash, cos it's magic, mate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 magic	punct
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	8 magic	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 magic	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 magic	cop
8	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 magic	vocative
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		cash					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cash=Product
2	is	present	cash					mate vocative; magic property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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