Test 3 · ★ · African Folk-Tales, The Tortoise and the Monkey, part 60:…

so the monkey stole the barber's razor, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: monkey · What happens: steal · To what, where: razor

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1259 «African Folk-Tales, The Tortoise and the Monkey, part 60: the tortoise tricks the fox and the stag, and the monkey cheats the barber and the villagers» 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	_	4 stole	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 monkey	det
3	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stole	nsubj
4	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 barber	det
6	barber	barber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 razor	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 barber	case
8	razor	razor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stole	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stole	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	4 stole	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 stole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	the monkey	the barber's razor					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location razor=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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, and then he nicked a sardine and a barrel too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 nicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 nicked	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 nicked	cc
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 nicked	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 nicked	nsubj
6	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sardine	det
8	sardine	sardine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nicked	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 barrel	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 barrel	det
11	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sardine	conj
12	too	too	ADV	_	6 nicked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	he	a sardine and a barrel			then		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sardine=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, and he took the razor, then the sardine from the woman, and then the barrel from the baker too

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 took	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 took	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 took	cc
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 took	nsubj
5	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 razor	det
7	razor	razor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sardine	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 sardine	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sardine	det
11	sardine	sardine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 razor	appos
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 woman	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 woman	det
14	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sardine	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 barrel	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 barrel	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 barrel	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 barrel	det
19	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	obl
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 baker	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 baker	det
22	baker	baker	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 barrel	nmod
23	too	too	ADV	_	5 took	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	he	the razor				the barrel from the baker obl	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent razor=Theme

Option 3

nah, the barber kept the razor and sold the sardine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 barber	det
4	barber	barber	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	nsubj
5	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 razor	det
7	razor	razor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sold	cc
9	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sardine	det
11	sardine	sardine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the barber	the razor					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent razor=Theme
2	sell	past	the barber not said here	the sardine					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sardine=Theme

Option 4

nah, the monkey gave the razor back to the barber after the woman cried and begged him to stop

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 monkey	det
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	nsubj
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 razor	det
7	razor	razor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obj
8	back	back	ADV	_	5 gave	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 barber	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 barber	det
11	barber	barber	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obl
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 cried	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 woman	det
14	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cried	nsubj
15	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gave	advcl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 begged	cc
17	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 cried	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 begged	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 stop	mark
20	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 begged	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give back	past	the monkey	the razor	the barber	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent razor=Theme to barber=Recipient
2	cry speech: express	past	the woman			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	beg speech: request	past	the woman not said here		monkey	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	the woman not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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