Test 7 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trad…

Did the giant just walk in and clean up?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: walk in, clean up

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 walk	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giant	det
3	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Did	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 walk	advmod
5	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADV	_	5 walk	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 clean	cc
8	clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 walk	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 clean	compound:prt
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk in	past · do-support							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	clean up	infinitive							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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

Nah, he had to bribe a fake servant first and then sneak into the hall

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 bribe	mark
6	bribe	bribe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 servant	det
8	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 servant	amod
9	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bribe	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 bribe	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sneak	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 sneak	advmod
13	sneak	sneak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 bribe	conj
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 hall	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hall	det
16	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sneak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he					tree rules
2	bribe	to-infinitive	he not said here	a fake servant			first property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient
3	sneak	infinitive	he not said here		the hall	then		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into hall=Destination

Option 2

Nope, he tricked the gate guard first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 tricked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tricked	nsubj
4	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 guard	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 guard	compound
7	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricked	obj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 tricked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	he	the gate guard				first property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he bribed a fake servant first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 bribed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bribed	nsubj
4	bribed	bribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 servant	det
6	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 servant	amod
7	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bribed	obj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 bribed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	past	he	a fake servant				first property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient

Option 4

Nope, he sent a fake letter to the king and then got in through the kitchen door

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 letter	det
6	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 letter	amod
7	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 king	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 got	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 got	advmod
13	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	conj
14	in	in	ADV	_	13 got	advmod
15	through	through	ADP	_	18 door	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 door	det
17	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 door	compound
18	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	he	a fake letter	the king				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to king=Destination
2	get in	past	he not said here			the kitchen door	then		vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through door=Destination

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