Test 1 · ★ · Contes, The Pied Piper of Hamel, part 49: Drakestail becom…
Oi, did the rat guy actually get paid or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oi, rat guy · What happens: do, pay · To what, where: rat guy
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1552 «Contes, The Pied Piper of Hamel, part 49: Drakestail becomes king, and the piper clears Hamel of rats, then the children vanish» 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 | Oi | oi | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Oi | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 guy | det |
| 5 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 guy | compound |
| 6 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 9 paid | advmod |
| 8 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 paid | aux:pass |
| 9 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 guy | acl |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 what | cc |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 paid | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Oi | the rat guy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guy=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | pay | infinitive · passive | the rat guy not said here | the rat guy | actually property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP» |
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
Yeah, the Counsellor paid him in full with a bonus
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 paid | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Counsellor | det |
| 4 | Counsellor | Counsellor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 paid | nsubj |
| 5 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 paid | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 full | case |
| 8 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 paid | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 bonus | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 bonus | det |
| 11 | bonus | bonus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | past | the Counsellor | him = he | full | with a bonus | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset |
Option 2
Yeah, he got his dosh in full
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 dosh | nmod:poss |
| 6 | dosh | dosh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 full | case |
| 8 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | his dosh | full | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dosh=Stimulus |
Option 3
Nah, the mayor paid up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 mayor | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mayor | det |
| 4 | mayor | mayor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 mayor | acl |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 paid | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay up | participle | the mayor not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, the Counsellor did him dirty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Counsellor | det |
| 4 | Counsellor | Counsellor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 dirty | aux |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 did | obj |
| 7 | dirty | dirty | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dirty | past · do-support | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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