Test 2 · ★ · Household Tales, Dullhead: the golden goose, the sticky si…

Wait, why were the sisters all stuck to the goose?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sisters · What happens: wait, be

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1580 «Household Tales, Dullhead: the golden goose, the sticky sisters and the wedding» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stuck	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 stuck	advmod
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stuck	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sisters	det
6	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stuck	nsubj
7	all	all	ADV	_	8 stuck	advmod
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wait	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 goose	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 goose	det
11	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuck	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the sisters					to the goose; all, stuck property	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

Cos they all touched it one after another and couldn't let go, innit

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	CCONJ	_	4 touched	cc
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 touched	nsubj
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 touched	advmod
4	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 touched	obj
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 touched	obj
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 another	case
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 one	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 let	cc
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 let	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 let	advmod
12	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 touched	conj
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 let	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
15	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	touch	past	they	it	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer one=Result
2	not let	could	they not said here		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	they not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	innit	infinitive	they not said here		tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cos they touched it and couldn't let go, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	co	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 touched	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 touched	nsubj
3	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 touched	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 let	cc
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 let	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 let	advmod
8	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 touched	conj
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 let	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 innit	punct
11	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	touch	past	Cos	it	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
2	not let	could	Cos not said here		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	Cos not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	innit	infinitive	Cos not said here		tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cos they grabbed it for a laugh, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	co	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grabbed	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grabbed	nsubj
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grabbed	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 laugh	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 laugh	det
7	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grabbed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 laugh	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	Cos	it				for a laugh and innit	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for laugh=Beneficiary

Option 4

Cos the goose was magic and it glued them on when they grabbed it, innit

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 magic	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 goose	det
3	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 magic	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 magic	cop
5	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 innit	advcl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 glued	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 glued	nsubj
8	glued	glue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 magic	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 glued	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	8 glued	compound:prt
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 grabbed	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 grabbed	nsubj
13	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 glued	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 grabbed	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 magic	punct
16	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the goose		magic property	tree rules
2	glue on	past	goose	them = they		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	grab	past	they	goose		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	innit	imperative	you not said here			tree rules

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