Test 6 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trad…

So the castle used to be Jack's dad's, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: castle · What happens: use, be

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1535 «Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trades the cow for magic beans» 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 used	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 castle	det
3	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	nsubj
4	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	9 dad	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 dad	cop
7	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 dad	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Jack	case
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obj
10	's	's	PART	_	9 dad	case
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 used	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	4 used	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the castle						vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	to-infinitive						's Jack's dad	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yep, his dad's, then the giant took it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	10 took	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 took	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 dad	case
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 took	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 took	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 giant	det
9	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 took	nsubj
10	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 took	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the giant	it			then		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Yep, it was his uncle's, then gone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 uncle	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 uncle	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 uncle	cop
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 uncle	nmod:poss
6	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	's	's	PART	_	6 uncle	case
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gone	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 gone	advmod
10	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 uncle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it					's his uncle	tree rules
2	be						then		tree rules

Option 3

Yep, his dad's, and the giant nicked it after killing the king in a fight

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	10 nicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nicked	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 dad	case
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 nicked	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 nicked	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 giant	det
9	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nicked	nsubj
10	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 nicked	obj
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 killing	mark
13	killing	kill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 nicked	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 killing	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 fight	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 fight	det
18	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 killing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	the giant	it					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	kill	gerund	the giant not said here	the king		a fight			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme

Option 4

Nah, it was always the giant's, but Jack's dad lived in a hut near the cliff for years

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 giant	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 giant	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 giant	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 giant	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giant	det
7	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	's	's	PART	_	7 giant	case
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lived	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 lived	cc
11	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 dad	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Jack	case
13	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lived	nsubj
14	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 giant	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 hut	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 hut	det
17	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lived	obl
18	near	near	ADP	_	20 cliff	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 cliff	det
20	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hut	nmod
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 years	case
22	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it					's the giant; always property	tree rules
2	live	past	Jack's dad			a hut near the cliff	year		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hut=Location

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