Test 2 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treas…

lowkey wild that Whittington was cleaning the kitchen when they called him in

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Whittington, they · What happens: clean, call in · To what, where: kitchen, Whittington

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1463 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treasure, marries Alice and becomes Lord Mayor» 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	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wild	amod
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 called	parataxis
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 cleaning	mark
4	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cleaning	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cleaning	aux
6	cleaning	clean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 called	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kitchen	det
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cleaning	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 called	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 called	nsubj
11	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 called	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	11 called	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	past · progressive	Whittington	the kitchen					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent kitchen=Patient
2	call in speech: assert	past	they		Whittington				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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

fr, he thought the cook was lying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thought	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 fr	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lying	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lying	aux
8	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he	fr					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	lie	past · progressive	the cook						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

fr, he thought they were roasting him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thought	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 fr	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 roasting	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 roasting	aux
7	roasting	roast	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 thought	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 roasting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he	fr					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	roast	past · progressive	they	him = he					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

nah, they were calling him in for dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 calling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calling	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 calling	aux
5	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calling	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	5 calling	compound:prt
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 dinner	case
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call in speech: assert	past · progressive	they	him = he				for dinner	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for dinner=Beneficiary

Option 4

nah, he was just finishing up and he thought they wanted him to fetch water

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 finishing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 finishing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 finishing	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 finishing	advmod
6	finishing	finish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 finishing	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 thought	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 thought	nsubj
10	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 finishing	conj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wanted	nsubj
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thought	ccomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wanted	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 fetch	mark
15	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wanted	xcomp
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fetch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	finish up	past · progressive	he		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	think speech: other	past	he		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	want	past	they	him = he	tree rules
4	fetch not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	water	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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