Test 3 · ★ · Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell da…

Why'd the King go up the garret and bring loads of flax down?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: go up, bring · To what, where: garret, loads

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1524 «Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell danger for Rosette» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 go	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 go	nsubj
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 go	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 garret	det
8	garret	garret	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bring	cc
10	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 go	conj
11	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bring	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 flax	case
13	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 loads	nmod
14	down	down	ADV	_	10 bring	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	would	the King	the garret					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient garret=Extent
2	bring	infinitive	the King not said here	loads of flax				down property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent load=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

Cos he was going to burn the whole lot in the kitchen fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 going	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 going	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 going	aux
4	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 burn	mark
6	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 going	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lot	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lot	amod
9	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burn	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 fire	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fire	det
12	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fire	compound
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · progressive	he						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	burn	to-infinitive	he not said here	the whole lot		the kitchen fire			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lot=Theme

Option 2

Cos he needed the flax for himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 needed	nsubj
3	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 flax	det
5	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 himself	case
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	past	Cos	the flax				for Cos	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot flax=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cos he was trying to cheer her up, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 trying	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trying	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 trying	aux
4	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 innit	advcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cheer	mark
6	cheer	cheer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 trying	xcomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cheer	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 cheer	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 trying	punct
10	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	try	past · progressive	he		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	cheer up not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	her = she	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient
3	innit	imperative	you not said here		tree rules

Option 4

Cos he was trying to cheer her up after she burnt her flax, innit

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 trying	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trying	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 trying	aux
4	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cheer	mark
6	cheer	cheer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 trying	xcomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cheer	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 cheer	compound:prt
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 burnt	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 burnt	nsubj
11	burnt	burnt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cheer	advcl
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 flax	nmod:poss
13	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 burnt	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
15	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flax	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	try	past · progressive	he		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	cheer up not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	her = she	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient
3	burnt	past	she	her flax and innit	tree rules

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