Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed fo…

Bruv, why did the tree keep wanting to be in the warm room?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tree · What happens: do, keep, want, be · To what, where: warm room

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1629 «Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed for Christmas, hears a story, and is then shut away in a dark loft» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	nsubj
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	wanting	want	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keep	xcomp
9	to	to	PART	_	14 room	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 room	cop
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 room	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 room	det
13	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 room	amod
14	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wanting	advcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			Bruv vocative	tree rules
2	keep	present	the tree			tree rules
3	want	gerund	the tree not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	is	to-infinitive	the tree not said here	the warm room		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 · ← Mova's choice

"It fancied the cosy warmth, bruv."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 fancied	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fancied	nsubj
3	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 warmth	det
5	cosy	cosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 warmth	amod
6	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fancied	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bruv	punct
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warmth	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fancied	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 fancied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy in a quote	past	It	the cosy warmth and bruv					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer warmth=Stimulus

Option 2

"It wanted the shiny lights, mate."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lights	det
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lights	amod
6	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	vocative
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	past	It	the shiny lights				mate vocative	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot light=Theme

Option 3

"It was dead keen on the splendour and the candles and the sweets, innit, bruv."

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 keen	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keen	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 keen	cop
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keen	amod
5	keen	keen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 splendour	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 splendour	det
8	splendour	splendour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keen	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 candles	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 candles	det
11	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 splendour	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sweets	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sweets	det
14	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 candles	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 innit	punct
16	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 candles	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 bruv	punct
18	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 candles	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 keen	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 keen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	It	dead keen		the splendour and the candles and the sweets and innit and bruv			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

"It was dead keen on the splendour, innit."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 keen	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keen	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 keen	cop
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keen	amod
5	keen	keen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 splendour	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 splendour	det
8	splendour	splendour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keen	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 splendour	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 keen	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 keen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	It	dead keen		the splendour and innit			tree rules

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