Test 6 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman…

how'd he get them to give it up, mate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, them · What happens: get, give up · To what, where: them, it

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1345 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman is frightened and punished, and Urashima frees a tortoise and is invited under the sea» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 get	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 give	mark
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 get	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 give	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	vocative
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	he	them = they					tree rules
2	give up	to-infinitive	them = they not said here	it				mate vocative	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

he gave them a load of coins on string and a proper speech

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 load	det
5	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 coins	case
7	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 load	nmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 string	case
9	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coins	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 speech	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 speech	det
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 speech	amod
13	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 string	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	a load of coins on string and a proper speech	them = they				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient load=Theme

Option 2

he showed them a pile of coins

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 showed	nsubj
2	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 showed	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pile	det
5	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 showed	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 coins	case
7	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pile	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	he	them = they					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient pile=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he offered them coins on string

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 offered	nsubj
2	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offered	iobj
4	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 offered	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 string	case
6	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	he	coins	them = they	string			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal coin=Theme

Option 4

he offered them coins on string and a bit of a chat

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 offered	nsubj
2	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offered	iobj
4	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 offered	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 string	case
6	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bit	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bit	det
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 string	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 chat	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 chat	det
12	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	he	coins	them = they	string and a bit of a chat			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal coin=Theme

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