Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Charming and Princess Goldilocks: Char…

did whittington's wagoner help him or nah

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wagoner · What happens: help · To what, where: whittington

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1461 «Fairy Tales, Prince Charming and Princess Goldilocks: Charming fetches the water, is jailed, and becomes king» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 help	aux
2	whittington	whittington	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wagoner	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 whittington	case
4	wagoner	wagoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 help	nsubj
5	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 help	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 nah	cc
8	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 help	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past · do-support	whittington's wagoner		whittington				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

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

nah he let him walk but then ignored him, that's rough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 let	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	nsubj
3	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	obj
5	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 ignored	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 ignored	advmod
8	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 let	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ignored	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rough	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 rough	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 rough	cop
13	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 let	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	he	him = he			tree rules
2	walk	infinitive	him = he not said here				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ignore	past	he not said here	him = he	then		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	is	present	that			rough property	tree rules

Option 2

yeah he gave him a ride then dropped him off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 gave	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ride	det
6	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dropped	nsubj
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 dropped	advmod
8	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gave	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dropped	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	8 dropped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he		him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	drop off	past	a ride	him = he			then		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

nah he let him walk but then ignored him the whole trip, and whittington was stuck walking alone, that's rough

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 let	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	nsubj
3	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	obj
5	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 ignored	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 ignored	advmod
8	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 walk	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ignored	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 trip	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 trip	amod
12	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ignored	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stuck	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 stuck	cc
15	whittington	whittington	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 stuck	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 stuck	cop
17	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 let	parataxis
18	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 stuck	advcl
19	alone	alone	ADV	_	18 walking	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 rough	punct
21	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 rough	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 rough	cop
23	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 let	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	he	him = he			tree rules
2	walk	infinitive	him = he not said here				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ignore	past	him = he not said here	him = he	then		tree rules
4	is	past	whittington			stuck property	tree rules
5	walk	gerund	whittington not said here			alone property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	is	present	that			rough property	tree rules

Option 4

yeah he helped a lot, let him ride in back, fed him, and then sold him to a merchant, that's rough

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 helped	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 helped	nsubj
3	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lot	det
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helped	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 let	punct
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 helped	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 let	obj
9	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 back	case
11	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ride	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fed	punct
13	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 helped	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fed	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sold	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sold	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 sold	advmod
18	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 helped	conj
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sold	obj
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 merchant	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 merchant	det
22	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sold	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 rough	punct
24	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	26 rough	nsubj
25	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 rough	cop
26	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 helped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past	he	a lot					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Beneficiary
2	let	infinitive	he not said here	him = he					tree rules
3	ride	infinitive	him = he not said here			back			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
4	feed	past	he not said here		him = he				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
5	sell	past	he not said here	him = he	a merchant		then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to merchant=Recipient
6	is	present	that					rough property	tree rules

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