Test 5 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer

what did michael do when he saw the cup?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: michael · What happens: do, see · To what, where: cup

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» 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	4 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	michael	Michael	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 saw	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	nsubj
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 do	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cup	det
9	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saw	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	michael						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	see	past	michael	the cup					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cup=Stimulus

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 sniffed it then threw it away

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 sniffed	nsubj
2	sniffed	sniff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 threw	nsubj
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 threw	advmod
5	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sniffed	ccomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 threw	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	5 threw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sniff	past	he						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	throw away	past	it	it			then	away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

he took it and then had a think

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 had	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 had	advmod
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 think	det
8	think	think	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	he	it					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	have	past	he not said here	a think			then		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent think=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he just went for it, no hesitation

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	3 went	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 went	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hesitation	punct
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 hesitation	det
8	hesitation	hesitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he	no hesitation				for it	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he just went for it, no hesitation, and drank the whole lot straight away

The tree, 14 words

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	3 went	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 went	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hesitation	punct
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 hesitation	det
8	hesitation	hesitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 drank	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 drank	cc
11	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lot	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lot	amod
14	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drank	obl:unmarked
15	straight	straight	ADV	_	16 away	advmod
16	away	away	ADV	_	11 drank	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he	no hesitation				for it	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary
2	drink	past	he not said here	the whole lot				away property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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