Test 1 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a p…

Yo, so who scooped the good stuff when the dad died, bruv?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: scoop, die · To what, where: good stuff, bruv

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1448 «Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a poor girl is cheated of her pinks and is rewarded by a Queen with a golden pitcher» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	5 scooped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 scooped	advmod
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 scooped	nsubj
5	scooped	scoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stuff	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stuff	amod
8	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scooped	obj
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 died	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dad	det
11	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 died	nsubj
12	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 scooped	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bruv	punct
14	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 died	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 scooped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoop	past		the good stuff					vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme
2	die	past	the dad	bruv					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

Bruno took the cash and the farm, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bruno	Bruno	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cash	det
4	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 farm	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 farm	det
7	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cash	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mate	punct
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cash	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	Bruno	the cash and the farm and mate					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Bruno got basically everything, the farm, the cash, the horses, mate

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bruno	Bruno	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	basically	basically	ADV	_	2 got	advmod
4	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 got	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 farm	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 farm	det
7	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 everything	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cash	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cash	det
10	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 horses	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 horses	det
13	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cash	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mate	punct
15	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cash	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Bruno	everything				the cash and the horses and mate obl; basically property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus

Option 3

Felicia got the farm and the ring, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 farm	det
4	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ring	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ring	det
7	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 farm	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mate	punct
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 farm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Felicia	the farm and the ring and mate					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer farm=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Bruno got basically everything, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bruno	Bruno	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	basically	basically	ADV	_	2 got	advmod
4	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 got	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mate	punct
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 everything	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Bruno	everything				basically property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus

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