Test 8 · ★ · Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 55: lost agai…
Did the lord actually pay them back, or was that just dodgy?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, pay back, be · To what, where: lord, them
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1468 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 55: lost again, the children reach the ogre's house» 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 | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lord | det |
| 3 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Did | obj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 pay | advmod |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 lord | parataxis |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pay | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 pay | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 dodgy | punct |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 dodgy | cc |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 dodgy | cop |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 dodgy | mark |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 dodgy | advmod |
| 13 | dodgy | dodgy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Did | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the lord | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | pay back | infinitive | them = they | actually property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset | ||||
| 3 | is | past | dodgy 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 · ✓ the right answer
He paid them ten crowns he owed
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 | 2 paid | nsubj |
| 2 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 paid | obj |
| 4 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 crowns | nummod |
| 5 | crowns | crown | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 paid | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 owed | nsubj |
| 7 | owed | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 crowns | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | past | He | them = they | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient crown=Asset | ||||
| 2 | owe | past | he | ten crowns not said here | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent crown=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he gave them the money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 money | det |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | the money | them = they | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient money=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, he paid them the ten crowns he owed them for the wood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 paid | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 paid | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 paid | nsubj |
| 4 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 owed | advcl |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 paid | obj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 crowns | det |
| 7 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 crowns | nummod |
| 8 | crowns | crown | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 paid | obj |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 owed | nsubj |
| 10 | owed | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 owed | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 wood | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 wood | det |
| 14 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 owed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | past | he | them = they | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient crown=Asset | ||||
| 2 | owe | past | he | crowns = crown | for the wood goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent they=Theme for wood=Goal |
Option 4
Nah, he refused and sent them away with nothing at all in their pockets
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 refused | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 refused | nsubj |
| 4 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 sent | cc |
| 6 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 refused | conj |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sent | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 sent | advmod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 nothing | case |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 sent | obl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 all | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 nothing | nmod |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 pockets | case |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 pockets | nmod:poss |
| 15 | pockets | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | past | he | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | send away | past | he not said here | them = they | their pockets | with nothing; away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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