Test 6 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 38: the Prince dines…

Mum says the acorn bit is a bit daft, but I reckon it's proper clever

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, I, bit · What happens: say, be, reckon · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1451 «Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 38: the Prince dines with the White Cat and goes home with a tiny dog» 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	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bit	det
4	acorn	acorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bit	compound
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 daft	obl:unmarked
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 daft	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 daft	obl:unmarked
9	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 reckon	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 reckon	cc
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 reckon	nsubj
13	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 clever	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 clever	cop
16	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 clever	amod
17	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 reckon	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mum		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		the acorn bit obl:unmarked; a bit obl:unmarked; daft property	tree rules
3	reckon	present	I		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	bit	clever 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, a dog that fits in an acorn is peak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 dog	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dog	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 peak	nsubj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 fits	nsubj
6	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dog	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 acorn	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 acorn	det
9	acorn	acorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fits	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 peak	cop
11	peak	peak	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present	a dog			a acorn			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in acorn=Trajectory
2	is a	present	a dog	peak					tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, peak, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 peak	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 peak	punct
3	peak	peak	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mate	punct
5	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 peak	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Nah, a dog in an acorn is just silly, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	10 silly	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 silly	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 acorn	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 acorn	det
7	acorn	acorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dog	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 silly	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 silly	advmod
10	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bruv	punct
12	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 silly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a dog in a acorn					silly property	tree rules

Option 4

Nah, just a daft tale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 tale	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 tale	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tale	det
5	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tale	amod
6	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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