Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los…

ok real talk, who heard the parents' secret plan?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: ok real talk, parents · What happens: hear, plan · To what, where: secret plan

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 talk	amod
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 talk	amod
3	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heard	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 heard	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 heard	nsubj
6	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parents	det
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 plan	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 parents	case
10	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 plan	amod
11	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heard	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	ok real talk	the parents's secret plan					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer plan=Stimulus
2	plan		the parents						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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

The neighbour, who was spying through the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 neighbour	det
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 spying	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 spying	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 spying	aux
6	spying	spy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 neighbour	acl
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 window	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 window	det
9	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spy	past · progressive	the neighbour			the window			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

His big brother, who told everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 told	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	His big brother		everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Little Thumb, cause he hid under the stool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Thumb	amod
2	Thumb	Thumb	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hid	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hid	punct
4	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	6 hid	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hid	nsubj
6	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 stool	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stool	det
9	stool	stool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	Little Thumb			the stool			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under stool=Location

Option 4

The mom, who told the dad to keep quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mom	det
2	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 mom	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dad	det
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	iobj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	xcomp
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the mom		the dad				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient clause=Topic
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	the mom not said here					quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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