Test 2 · ★ · Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus t…

Why did the apothecary reckon Big Klaus was totally doolally?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: apothecary, Big · What happens: reckon, be

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1730 «Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus tries to drown Little Klaus and drowns the old driver by mistake, then a prince finds a gold ring in a barrel» 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 reckon	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reckon	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 apothecary	det
4	apothecary	apothecary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reckon	nsubj
5	reckon	reckon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	Big	Big	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 doolally	nsubj
7	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Big	flat
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 doolally	cop
9	totally	totally	ADV	_	10 doolally	advmod
10	doolally	doolally	ADV	_	5 reckon	ccomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reckon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past · do-support	the apothecary						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Big					doolally, totally property	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

Because Big Klaus told him he had chopped up his granny and sold her for cash

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 told	mark
2	Big	Big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Klaus	amod
3	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chopped	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 chopped	aux
8	chopped	chop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 told	ccomp
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 chopped	compound:prt
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 granny	nmod:poss
11	granny	granny	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	iobj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sold	cc
13	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sold	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 cash	case
16	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Big Klaus		Klaus's granny		tree rules
2	chop up	past · perfect	Klaus				vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	sell	past	Big Klaus not said here	her = she		for cash	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Theme for cash=Asset

Option 2

Because he was talking nonsense

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 talking	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 talking	aux
4	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past · progressive	he	nonsense					vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nonsense=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Because he said he killed his granny for money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 said	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 killed	nsubj
5	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 granny	nmod:poss
7	granny	granny	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 killed	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 money	case
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 killed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	kill	past	he	his granny				for money	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent granny=Theme

Option 4

Because he kept shouting that the church bells had told him to take her to town

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 kept	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 told	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bells	det
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bells	compound
8	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 told	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 told	aux
10	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 shouting	ccomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 told	iobj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 take	mark
13	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 told	xcomp
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 take	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 town	case
16	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	keep	past	he				tree rules
2	shout speech: express	gerund	he not said here				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the church bells	him = he		tree rules
4	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	the church bells not said here	her = she		town	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to town=Destination

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