Test 1 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is t…

Dude, why'd Whittington lie down outside that merchant's gaff?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dude · What happens: lie down · To what, where: gaff

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1462 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is taken in, buys a cat, and sends her to sea» 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lie	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dude	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 lie	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 lie	punct
5	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lie	nsubj
6	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	down	down	ADV	_	6 lie	advmod
8	outside	outside	ADP	_	12 gaff	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 merchant	det
10	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gaff	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 merchant	case
12	gaff	gaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lie	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 lie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie down	infinitive	Dude			that merchant's gaff		down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent outside gaff=Location

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

He was tired from the long road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tired	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	cop
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 road	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 road	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 road	amod
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			the long road		tired property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was starving and too weak to stand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 starving	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 starving	aux
3	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 weak	cc
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 weak	advmod
6	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 starving	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 stand	mark
8	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 weak	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	starve	past · progressive	He						tree rules
2	stand	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He had walked all the way from the country and had no food for days

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 walked	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 walked	aux
3	walked	walk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 way	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 country	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 country	det
9	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 had	cc
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 walked	conj
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 food	det
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 had	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 days	case
15	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past · perfect	He	all way		the country	day		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from country=Trajectory
2	have	past	He not said here	no food					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

Option 4

He was hungry and lonely that night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hungry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lonely	cc
5	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hungry	conj
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hungry	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He				night	hungry property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here						tree rules

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