Test 11 · ★ · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks…
what's the King's deal with him, ngl?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: be, deal
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1469 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks the Ogre, steals his boots and gold, and grows rich» 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 what | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 deal | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 King | case |
| 6 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 what | appos |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 deal | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 ngl | punct |
| 10 | ngl | ngl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 deal | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | deal | the King | with King | nom deal «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |
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
he pays him well for every bit of army news
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 pays | nsubj |
| 2 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pays | iobj |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 pays | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 bit | case |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pays | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 news | case |
| 9 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 news | compound |
| 10 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bit | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | he | him = he | for every bit of army news; well property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for bit=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
he gives him a horse
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 gives | nsubj |
| 2 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gives | iobj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 horse | det |
| 5 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gives | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | he | a horse | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient horse=Theme |
Option 3
he sends him to spy on the enemy at 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 | 2 sends | nsubj |
| 2 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sends | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 spy | mark |
| 5 | spy | spy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sends | advcl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 enemy | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 enemy | det |
| 8 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spy | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 night | case |
| 10 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present | he | him = he | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | spy | to-infinitive | he not said here | the enemy | night | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
pays him for army news
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 pays | iobj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 news | case |
| 4 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 news | compound |
| 5 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 pays | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | him = he | for army news | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for news=Theme |
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