Test 4 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 6: a sly Fox and Cat…

fr the fox said bury the coin and get 500 back, is that real

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: fr fox · What happens: say, bury, get back, be · To what, where: coin, 500 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1393 «Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 6: a sly Fox and Cat talk Pinocchio into a plan for gold, then vanish at the inn» 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	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fox	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 coin	det
7	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bury	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 get	cc
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bury	conj
10	500	500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 get	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	9 get	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 real	punct
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 real	cop
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 real	mark
15	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the fr fox			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bury	infinitive		the coin		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme
3	get back	infinitive		500		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 500=Stimulus
4	is	present			real property	tree rules

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

yeah it works, the money grows in a few days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 works	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 works	nsubj
3	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 grows	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 money	det
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grows	nsubj
7	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 works	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 days	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 days	det
10	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 days	amod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 grows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	it						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	grow	present	the money				day		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

yes it is real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 real	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 real	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 real	cop
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					real property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

nah, it's a total scam, they just want his money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 scam	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 scam	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 scam	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 scam	det
6	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 scam	amod
7	scam	scam	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 want	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 want	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 want	advmod
11	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 scam	parataxis
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 money	nmod:poss
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 want	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a total scam					tree rules
2	want	present	they	his money					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme

Option 4

nah they're lying, the field doesn't grow anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 lying	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lying	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lying	aux
4	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 grow	csubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lying	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 field	det
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lying	obj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 grow	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 grow	advmod
10	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 grow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present · progressive	they	the field					vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location field=Theme
2	not grow	present · do-support	lying	anything					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location anything=Theme

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