Test 3 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her…

wait so the loaf just spits gold??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, loaf · What happens: wait, spit · To what, where: gold

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» 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	so	so	ADV	_	6 spits	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 loaf	det
4	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spits	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 spits	advmod
6	spits	spit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spits	obj
8	??	??	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	spit	present	the loaf	gold					vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gold=Theme

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

yeah, like a gold dispenser every time u bite it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 dispenser	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dispenser	punct
3	like	like	ADP	_	6 dispenser	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dispenser	det
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dispenser	compound
6	dispenser	dispenser	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dispenser	obl:unmarked
9	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 bite	nsubj
10	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 time	acl:relcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bite	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	present	u	dispenser					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

yeah, but only on the first bite lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 bite	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bite	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 bite	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 bite	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 bite	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bite	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 bite	amod
8	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	8 bite	discourse

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

yeah, the loaf is enchanted so every bite makes a shiny gold piece pop out

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 enchanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 enchanted	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 loaf	det
4	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 enchanted	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 enchanted	aux:pass
6	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 makes	mark
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 bite	det
9	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 makes	nsubj
10	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 pop	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 piece	det
12	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 piece	amod
13	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 piece	compound
14	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 makes	obj
15	pop	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 enchanted	conj
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 pop	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	enchant	present · passive		the loaf	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	make	present	every bite	a shiny gold piece	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset piece=Product
3	pop out	present			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

nah, it only works on the giant's own mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 works	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 works	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 works	advmod
5	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	11 mouth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giant	det
8	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mouth	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 giant	case
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mouth	amod
11	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	it					on the giant's own mouth	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on mouth=Theme

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