Test 8 · ★ · Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy siste…
Mate, the new baby just wanted to dip out and find fortune?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: want, dip out, find · To what, where: fortune
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1572 «Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy sister gets pitch, and two twins set out and part at a crossway» 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 baby | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 baby | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 baby | amod |
| 5 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mate | conj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 wanted | advmod |
| 7 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 dip | mark |
| 9 | dip | dip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wanted | xcomp |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 dip | compound:prt |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 find | cc |
| 12 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 dip | conj |
| 13 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 find | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 wanted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Mate and the new baby | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | dip out not said to happen | to-infinitive | Mate and the new baby not said here | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | find | infinitive | Mate and the new baby not said here | fortune | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Topic |
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, he begged till his mum gave in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 begged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 begged | nsubj |
| 4 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 8 gave | mark |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gave | nsubj |
| 8 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 begged | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 gave | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | he | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | give in | past | his mum | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yep, he begged and begged until his mum finally gave in to him after a long time
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 begged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 begged | nsubj |
| 4 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 begged | cc |
| 6 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 begged | conj |
| 7 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 11 gave | mark |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mum | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gave | nsubj |
| 10 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 11 gave | advmod |
| 11 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 begged | advcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 gave | compound:prt |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 gave | obl |
| 15 | after | after | ADP | _ | 18 time | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 time | det |
| 17 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 time | amod |
| 18 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | he | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | beg speech: request | past | he not said here | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | give in | past | his mum | him = he | time | finally property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot |
Option 3
Nah, he ran off without asking her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 ran | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 ran | compound:prt |
| 6 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 7 asking | mark |
| 7 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 ran | advcl |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 asking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | past | he | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | gerund | he not said here | her = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
Option 4
Yep, he begged the whole day till his mum and dad both gave in at last
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 begged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 begged | nsubj |
| 4 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 day | amod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 begged | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 14 gave | mark |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 mum | nmod:poss |
| 10 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gave | nsubj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 dad | cc |
| 12 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mum | conj |
| 13 | both | both | ADV | _ | 14 gave | advmod |
| 14 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 begged | advcl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 gave | compound:prt |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 last | case |
| 17 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | he | day | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | give in | past | his mum and dad | last | both property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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