Test 5 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her…

how did he afford the fancy coach tho

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: afford · To what, where: fancy coach tho

This is test 5 · ★ 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 afford	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 afford	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 afford	nsubj
4	afford	afford	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tho	det
6	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tho	amod
7	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tho	compound
8	tho	tho	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 afford	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	afford	past · do-support	he	the fancy coach tho					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

the giant paid him for work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	nsubj
3	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 paid	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 work	case
6	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	the giant	him = he				for work	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for work=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he sold the magic loaf's gold in town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 loaf	det
4	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 loaf	amod
5	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gold	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 loaf	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 town	case
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	he	the magic loaf's gold		town			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme

Option 3

he stole the coach from a rich traveller on the road home at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 coach	det
4	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 traveller	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 traveller	det
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 traveller	amod
8	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 road	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obl
12	home	home	ADV	_	2 stole	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 night	case
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	he	the coach		a rich traveller	night	on the road; home property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent coach=Theme from traveller=Source

Option 4

he won it in a card game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 won	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 game	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 game	det
6	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 game	compound
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	he	it		a card game			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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