Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wit…

Oi, did the princess's dog Beni just go totally stiff, or what?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oi, Beni · What happens: do, go · To what, where: dog

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1251 «Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wither, and the gnome's fresh turnips go missing» 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 princess	det
5	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dog	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 princess	case
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	Beni	Beni	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 go	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 did	parataxis
11	totally	totally	ADV	_	12 stiff	advmod
12	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 go	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 what	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 what	cc
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Oi	the princess's dog					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Eventuality
2	go	infinitive	Beni					stiff property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Nah, he was up and barking at the gnome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 barking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 barking	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 barking	aux
5	up	up	ADP	_	7 barking	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 barking	cc
7	barking	bark	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 gnome	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gnome	det
10	gnome	gnome	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 barking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark up	past · progressive	he					at the gnome	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at gnome=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he was flat out by the hearth, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 flat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flat	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flat	cop
5	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 flat	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 hearth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hearth	det
9	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flat	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hearth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					by the hearth and mate; flat property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he was just fine and went out to chase the cat, mate

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fine	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 fine	advmod
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 went	cc
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	conj
9	out	out	ADV	_	8 went	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 chase	mark
11	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 went	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cat	det
13	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chase	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mate	punct
15	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fine	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		fine property	tree rules
2	go out	past	he not said here		out property	tree rules
3	chase	to-infinitive	he not said here	the cat		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, he was sat wagging by the door, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sat	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sat	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sat	aux:pass
5	sat	sit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	wagging	wag	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 sat	xcomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wagging	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 door	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past · passive		he					tree rules
2	wag	gerund						by the door and mate	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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