Test 8 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry…

Why did the brothers say he ate in his sleep, bruv?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brothers, he, his · What happens: say, eat, sleep · To what, where: sleep · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1692 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry youth is robbed of his bread and maimed by his brothers» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brothers	det
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ate	nsubj
7	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 sleep	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sleep	nmod:poss
10	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ate	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bruv	punct
12	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sleep	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the brothers		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat	past	he	his sleep and bruv	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sleep		his = he		nom sleep «state intransitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

Cos they wanted to dodge sharing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	co	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 dodge	mark
5	dodge	dodge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dodge	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Cos						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	dodge not said to happen	to-infinitive	Cos not said here	sharing					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent sharing=Location

Option 2

Cos they wanted to dodge sharing the bread with him, and they lied to the Queen about it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	co	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 dodge	mark
5	dodge	dodge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 dodge	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bread	det
8	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sharing	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sharing	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lied	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 lied	cc
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lied	nsubj
14	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 Queen	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Queen	det
17	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 lied	obl
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	past	Cos			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	dodge not said to happen	to-infinitive	Cos not said here			vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	share	gerund	Cos not said here	the bread	with him = he	tree rules
4	lie	past	Cos = co		to the Queen; about bread	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location

Option 3

Cos they were too lazy to share

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 lazy	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lazy	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lazy	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 lazy	advmod
5	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 share	mark
7	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 lazy	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					lazy property	tree rules
2	share	to-infinitive	they not said here						tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Cos they had already eaten his bread and wanted to blame him for being greedy

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 eaten	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 eaten	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 eaten	aux
4	already	already	ADV	_	5 eaten	advmod
5	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bread	nmod:poss
7	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eaten	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 eaten	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 blame	mark
11	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wanted	xcomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 blame	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 greedy	case
14	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 greedy	cop
15	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 blame	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	they	his bread		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient
2	want	past	they not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	blame not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	him = he		vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	is	gerund			greedy property	tree rules

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