Test 9 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 6: a sly Fox and Cat…

why'd the cat say they had to leave so fast

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cat, they · What happens: say, have, leave · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 leave	mark
9	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 had	xcomp
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 fast	advmod
11	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the cat		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	they		tree rules
3	leave	to-infinitive	they not said here	fast property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

a made-up letter claiming his boy had a bad fever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 letter	det
2	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 letter	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 up	punct
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 made	compound:prt
5	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 had	nsubj
6	claiming	claim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 letter	acl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 boy	nmod:poss
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 claiming	obj
9	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fever	det
11	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fever	amod
12	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make up	participle			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	claim speech: other	gerund	a made letter not said here	letter's boy	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent boy=Topic
3	have	past	a made letter	a bad fever	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fever=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

some made-up telegram about his kid having chilblains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 telegram	det
2	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 telegram	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 up	punct
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 made	compound:prt
5	telegram	telegram	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 kid	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 kid	nmod:poss
8	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 telegram	nmod
9	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 telegram	acl
10	chilblains	chilblain	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 having	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	participle							vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	have	gerund	some made telegram about his kid not said here	chilblains					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chilblain=Patient

Option 3

a fake telegram about his son having a cold, a fever and chilblains, so they must rush back

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 telegram	det
2	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 telegram	amod
3	telegram	telegram	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 rush	nsubj
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 son	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 son	nmod:poss
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 telegram	nmod
7	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 son	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cold	det
9	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 having	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fever	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fever	det
12	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 telegram	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 chilblains	cc
14	chilblains	chilblain	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 fever	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 rush	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	19 rush	advmod
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 rush	nsubj
18	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 rush	aux
19	rush	rush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
20	back	back	ADV	_	19 rush	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund	his son not said here	a cold					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient
2	rush back	must	a fake telegram about his son and a fever and chilblains						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

a fake message saying his son was ill again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 message	det
2	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 message	amod
3	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ill	nsubj
4	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 message	acl
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 son	nmod:poss
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saying	obj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ill	cop
8	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	again	again	ADV	_	8 ill	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	a fake message not said here	his son					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent son=Topic
2	is	past	a fake message				again	ill property	tree rules

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