Test 1 · ★ · Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the g…
Oi, did the son get chucked out by his dad or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: chuck out · To what, where: Oi
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1306 «Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the greedy wife sues to win the unfinished houses» 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 | 7 chucked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Oi | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 chucked | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 son | det |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chucked | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 chucked | aux:pass |
| 7 | chucked | chuck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 chucked | compound:prt |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 dad | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 dad | nmod:poss |
| 11 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chucked | obl |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 what | cc |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 dad | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 chucked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck out | past · passive · do-support | his dad | Oi | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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
Yeah, he got told to sod off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 told | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 told | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 told | aux:pass |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 sod | mark |
| 7 | sod | sod | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 told | xcomp |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 sod | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past · passive | he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | sod off not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, his dad kicked him out proper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 kicked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 kicked | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kicked | nsubj |
| 5 | kicked | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kicked | obj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 kicked | compound:prt |
| 8 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 5 kicked | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick out | past | his dad | him = he | properly property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 3
Nah, he just went for a walk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 went | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 went | advmod |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 walk | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 walk | det |
| 8 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | he | for a walk | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for walk=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Nah, his dad told him to get lost but he still came back round for dinner after a bit
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 told | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 told | nsubj |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 told | iobj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 get | mark |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 told | xcomp |
| 9 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 get | xcomp |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 came | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 came | nsubj |
| 12 | still | still | ADV | _ | 13 came | advmod |
| 13 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 told | conj |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 13 came | advmod |
| 15 | round | round | ADV | _ | 13 came | advmod |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 dinner | case |
| 17 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 came | obl |
| 18 | after | after | ADP | _ | 20 bit | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 bit | det |
| 20 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | his dad | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | his dad not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | lose | participle | his dad not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | come back | past | dad | after a bit; still | for dinner; round property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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