Test 8 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Peronnik the Fool, part 45: Peronnik ou…

Ngl, how did Peronnik get the lion to stick his head in the bag?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl, lion · What happens: get, stick · To what, where: lion, head, bag

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1320 «Violet Fairy Book, Peronnik the Fool, part 45: Peronnik outwits the lion, the dragons and the black man, then takes the golden bowl and diamond lance from Rogear» 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
5	Peronnik	Peronnik	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lion	det
8	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 stick	mark
10	stick	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 get	xcomp
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 head	nmod:poss
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stick	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 bag	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bag	det
15	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stick	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	Ngl	the lion					tree rules
2	stick	to-infinitive	the lion not said here	Peronnik's head		the bag			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in bag=Destination

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

He said he'd feed the lion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 feed	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 feed	aux
5	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lion	det
7	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	feed	would	he		the lion				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Recipient

Option 2

He said he'd show him the larks in the bag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 show	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 show	aux
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 show	iobj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 larks	det
8	larks	lark	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 bag	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bag	det
11	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	show	would	he	the larks	him = he	the bag			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient lark=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He said he'd show him the larks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 show	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 show	aux
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 show	iobj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 larks	det
8	larks	lark	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	show	would	he	the larks	him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient lark=Topic

Option 4

He said he'd show him the larks and the pasty in the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 show	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 show	aux
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 show	iobj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 larks	det
8	larks	lark	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pasty	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pasty	det
11	pasty	pasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 larks	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 hall	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hall	det
14	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	show	would	he	the larks and the pasty	him = he	the hall			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient lark=Topic

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