Test 5 · ★ · pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a m…

Bro, how did he even get the dog?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: get · To what, where: dog

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1756 «pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a maiden from a cat monster with a borrowed dog» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 get	nsubj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 get	advmod
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Bro	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	he	the dog					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus

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

He bought him off a fisherman for three coins

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 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bought	iobj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 bought	compound:prt
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fisherman	det
6	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 coins	case
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 coins	nummod
9	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy off	past	He	a fisherman	him = he			for three coins	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary fisherman=Theme

Option 2

He won him in a wrestling match last week

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	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 won	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 match	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 match	det
6	wrestling	wrestling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 match	compound
7	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obl
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 week	amod
9	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obl:unmarked

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He borrowed Schippeitaro and promised to bring him back

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 borrowed	nsubj
2	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Schippeitaro	Schippeitaro	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 borrowed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 promised	cc
5	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 borrowed	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 bring	mark
7	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 promised	xcomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 bring	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	7 bring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	borrow	past	He	Schippeitaro		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent schippeitaro=Theme
2	promise speech: promise	past	He not said here			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	bring back not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		Schippeitaro	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination

Option 4

He nicked him from the prince's stables 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 nicked	nsubj
2	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 nicked	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 stables	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stables	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 prince	case
8	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 nicked	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	He	him = he		the prince's stables	night		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from stable=Source

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