Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The History of Jack the Giant-Killer, part 1:…
Did the ladies get a proper thank-you from Jack, bruv?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: ladies · What happens: get · To what, where: Jack
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1500 «Fairy Tales, The History of Jack the Giant-Killer, part 1: Jack traps and slays two giants, frees three ladies, and walks on to a Welsh giant'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 | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ladies | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ladies | det |
| 3 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 you | det |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 you | amod |
| 7 | thank | thank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 you | nsubj |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 you | punct |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 get | conj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 Jack | case |
| 11 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bruv | punct |
| 13 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Jack | appos |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the ladies | Jack | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from jack=Destination |
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
Nah, he gave them nothing but a quick nod and walked away from the castle
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | 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 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 gave | obj |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 nod | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 nod | det |
| 9 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 nod | amod |
| 10 | nod | nod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 nothing | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 walked | cc |
| 12 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gave | conj |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 12 walked | advmod |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 castle | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 castle | det |
| 16 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 walked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | nothing | them = they | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient nothing=Theme | |||
| 2 | walk away | past | he not said here | the castle | away property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from castle=Source |
Option 2
Yeah, he gave them coins
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 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | coins | them = they | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient coin=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, Jack gave them the castle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 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 castle | det |
| 7 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | Jack | the castle | them = they | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient castle=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, Jack gave them the castle and everything inside it, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 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 castle | det |
| 7 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 everything | cc |
| 9 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 castle | conj |
| 10 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 everything | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 mate | punct |
| 13 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 castle | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | Jack | the castle and mate | them = they | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient castle=Theme |
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