Test 5 · ★ · Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the woo…

Was Hansel being cheeky with the kitten thing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Was · What happens: hansel, be

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1472 «Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the wood after the pebbles and the crumbs» 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	Was	be	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Hansel	nsubj
2	Hansel	hansel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 cheeky	cop
4	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Hansel	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 thing	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thing	det
7	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thing	compound
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cheeky	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 Hansel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hansel	present	Was						tree rules
2	is	gerund	Was not said here					with the kitten thing; cheeky 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

Yeah, a right little fibber, it were the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 fibber	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fibber	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fibber	det
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fibber	amod
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fibber	amod
6	fibber	fibber	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sun	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sun	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 sun	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sun	det
11	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fibber	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	the sun					tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, he was telling a big fat lie about a kitten that never existed at all, honest

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 telling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 telling	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 telling	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 telling	aux
5	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fat	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fat	amod
8	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lie	nsubj
9	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 telling	ccomp
10	about	about	ADV	_	12 kitten	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 kitten	det
12	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lie	obl
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 existed	nsubj
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 existed	advmod
15	existed	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 kitten	acl:relcl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 existed	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 telling	punct
19	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 telling	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · progressive	he			honest property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lie	present	a big fat	a kitten			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not exist	past	a kitten		all		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 3

Yeah, he pretended the kitten was on the roof when it was really the bright sun that he saw

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 pretended	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pretended	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pretended	nsubj
4	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kitten	det
6	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 roof	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 roof	cop
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 roof	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 roof	det
10	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pretended	ccomp
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 sun	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sun	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 sun	cop
14	really	really	ADV	_	17 sun	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sun	det
16	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 sun	amod
17	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pretended	obl
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 saw	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 saw	nsubj
20	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pretended	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	pretend	past	he			tree rules
2	is	past	the kitten		the roof	tree rules
3	is a	past	kitten	the bright sun		tree rules
4	see	past	he			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he made up a story about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 made	compound:prt
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 story	det
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 story	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	past	he	a story				about story	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot

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