Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a…
Did the innkeepers look chuffed when they saw the gold?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: innkeepers · What happens: chuff, see · To what, where: innkeepers, gold
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 chuffed | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 innkeepers | det |
| 3 | innkeepers | innkeeper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chuffed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 chuffed | aux:pass |
| 5 | chuffed | chuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 saw | advmod |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 saw | nsubj |
| 8 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 chuffed | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gold | det |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saw | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 chuffed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuff | past · passive · do-support | the innkeepers | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | see | past | innkeepers = innkeeper | the gold | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus |
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
Yeah, they grinned, mate, they loved it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 grinned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 grinned | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 grinned | nsubj |
| 4 | grinned | grin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 mate | punct |
| 6 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grinned | vocative |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 loved | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 loved | nsubj |
| 9 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 grinned | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 loved | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 grinned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grin | past | they | mate vocative | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | love | past | they | mate | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, they pretended they hadn't even noticed, sneaky lot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 pretended | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pretended | nsubj |
| 4 | pretended | pretend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 noticed | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 noticed | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 noticed | advmod |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 9 noticed | advmod |
| 9 | noticed | notice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 pretended | parataxis |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 pretended | punct |
| 11 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 lot | amod |
| 12 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pretended | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | past | they | sneaky lot | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not notice | past · perfect | they | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Nah, mate, they pretended they hadn't even noticed the gold at all, the sneaky lot, and kept on smiling like nothing had happened.
The tree, 24 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 pretended | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nah | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pretended | nsubj |
| 6 | pretended | pretend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 noticed | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 noticed | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 noticed | advmod |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 11 noticed | advmod |
| 11 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 pretended | ccomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 gold | det |
| 13 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 noticed | obj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 all | case |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 noticed | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 lot | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 lot | det |
| 18 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 lot | amod |
| 19 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pretended | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 kept | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 kept | cc |
| 22 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 pretended | parataxis |
| 23 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 24 smiling | mark |
| 24 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 kept | advcl |
| 25 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 28 happened | mark |
| 26 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 28 happened | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 happened | aux |
| 28 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 smiling | ccomp |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 pretended | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | past | they | the sneaky lot | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not notice | past | they | the gold | all | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | keep | participle | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | smile | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 5 | happen | past · perfect | nothing | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, mate, they looked dead chuffed and started counting the gold straight away, right in front of him, the greedy lot.
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 looked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Yeah | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 looked | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 looked | nsubj |
| 6 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 looked | xcomp |
| 8 | chuffed | chuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 dead | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 started | cc |
| 10 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 chuffed | conj |
| 11 | counting | count | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 started | xcomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 gold | det |
| 13 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 counting | obj |
| 14 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 15 away | advmod |
| 15 | away | away | ADV | _ | 11 counting | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 front | punct |
| 17 | right | right | ADV | _ | 19 front | advmod |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 front | case |
| 19 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 counting | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 front | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 lot | punct |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 lot | det |
| 24 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 lot | amod |
| 25 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 front | conj |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 looked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | they | dead property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | chuff | participle | they not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | start | past | they not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | count | gerund | they not said here | the gold | front of him and the greedy lot | away property | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |
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