Test 9 · ★ · Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the g…

Was the younger bro buzzing about the farm, or gutted?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: younger bro · What happens: be, buzz, gut · To what, where: younger bro

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bro	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bro	det
3	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 bro	amod
4	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gutted	nsubj:pass
5	buzzing	buzz	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 bro	acl
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 farm	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 farm	det
8	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 buzzing	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gutted	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 gutted	cc
11	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the younger bro		tree rules
2	buzz	gerund	the younger bro not said here		about the farm	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about farm=Location
3	gut	participle · passive		the younger bro		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source

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

Gutted, because he had always been desperate for a life in town and hated the endless farm chores

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 hated	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 desperate	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 desperate	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 desperate	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 desperate	aux
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 desperate	advmod
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 desperate	cop
8	desperate	desperate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Gutted	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 life	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 life	det
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 desperate	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 town	case
13	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 life	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 hated	cc
15	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 chores	det
17	endless	endless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 chores	amod
18	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 chores	compound
19	chores	chore	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 hated	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	gut	participle				vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	past · perfect	he		for a life in town; always, desperate property	tree rules
3	hate	past		the endless farm chores		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chore=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Gutted, he wanted town life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wanted	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Gutted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 life	compound
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	participle	he not said here						vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	want	past	he	town life					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot life=Theme

Option 3

Buzzing about the farm at first, but then gutted when he realised he would never leave it alone

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buzzing	buzz	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 gutted	csubj:pass
2	about	about	ADP	_	4 farm	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 farm	det
4	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Buzzing	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 first	case
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Buzzing	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gutted	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 gutted	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 gutted	advmod
10	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 realised	advcl
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 realised	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 realised	nsubj
13	realised	realise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 leave	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 leave	aux
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 leave	advmod
17	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 realised	ccomp
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 leave	obj
19	alone	alone	ADV	_	17 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	buzz	gerund				about the farm	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at first=Stimulus
2	gut	participle	Buzzing		then		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	realise	past	he				tree rules
4	not leave	would	he	farm		alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Buzzing, he loved the farm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buzzing	buzz	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 loved	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Buzzing	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loved	nsubj
4	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 farm	det
6	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buzz	gerund	he not said here						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	love	past	he	the farm					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer farm=Stimulus

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