Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant…

Was that harp lit or what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: lit

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1537 «Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant and takes back his castle» 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	Was	was	ADP	_	3 harp	case
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 harp	det
3	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lit	obl
4	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 what	cc
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 lit	obl:agent
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 lit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lit	participle						was that harp	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

Mad lit, it played lullabies and jigs and sad songs for the Giant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lit	amod
2	lit	lit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 played	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 lit	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 played	nsubj
5	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	lullabies	lullaby	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 played	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 jigs	cc
8	jigs	jig	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lullabies	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 songs	cc
10	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 songs	amod
11	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lullabies	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 Giant	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Giant	det
14	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 played	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	Mad lit	lullabies and jigs and sad songs				for the Giant	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent lullaby=Theme for giant=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Mad lit, it played sad, merry and sleepy tunes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lit	amod
2	lit	lit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 played	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 lit	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 played	nsubj
5	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tunes	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 merry	punct
8	merry	merry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sad	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sleepy	cc
10	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sad	conj
11	tunes	tune	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 played	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	Mad lit	sad tunes					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme

Option 3

Mad lit, it played loud and happy tunes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lit	amod
2	lit	lit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 played	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 lit	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 played	nsubj
5	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tunes	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 happy	cc
8	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 loud	conj
9	tunes	tune	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 played	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	Mad lit	loud tunes					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme

Option 4

Mad lit, it played sad, merry and sleepy tunes all night long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lit	amod
2	lit	lit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 played	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 lit	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 played	nsubj
5	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tunes	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 merry	punct
8	merry	merry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sad	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sleepy	cc
10	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sad	conj
11	tunes	tune	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 played	obj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 night	det
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 played	obl:unmarked
14	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 played	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	Mad lit	sad tunes			night	long property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme

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