Test 7 · ★ · Household Tales, Dullhead: the golden goose, the sticky si…
Man, the King's tasks were proper dodgy, weren't they?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Man, King · What happens: be, not be, task · To what, where: tasks
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dodgy | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Man | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 tasks | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 King | case |
| 6 | tasks | task | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 dodgy | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dodgy | cop |
| 8 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 9 dodgy | advmod |
| 9 | dodgy | dodgy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 dodgy | punct |
| 11 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 they | cop |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 they | advmod |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 dodgy | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 dodgy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Man | dodgy, properly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is a | past | Man not said here | tasks = task | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | task | the King | nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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
Yeah, he was trying to get rid of Dullhead because he was jealous of him
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 trying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 trying | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 trying | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 trying | aux |
| 5 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trying | xcomp |
| 8 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Dullhead | case |
| 10 | Dullhead | Dullhead | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 rid | obl |
| 11 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 14 jealous | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 jealous | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 jealous | cop |
| 14 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 trying | ccomp |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 him | case |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 jealous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past · progressive | he | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is | past | Dullhead | of him = he; jealous property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he was trying to get rid of Dullhead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 trying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 trying | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 trying | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 trying | aux |
| 5 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trying | xcomp |
| 8 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Dullhead | case |
| 10 | Dullhead | Dullhead | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 rid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past · progressive | he | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Yeah, he wanted to be rid of him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 rid | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 rid | cop |
| 7 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 wanted | xcomp |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 rid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | is not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | of him = he; rid property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yeah, he was trying to get rid of Dullhead with impossible jobs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 trying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 trying | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 trying | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 trying | aux |
| 5 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trying | xcomp |
| 8 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Dullhead | case |
| 10 | Dullhead | Dullhead | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 rid | obl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 jobs | case |
| 12 | impossible | impossible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 jobs | amod |
| 13 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 trying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past · progressive | he | with impossible jobs | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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