Test 2 · ★ · Tales of the East, How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare i…

Bruv, what did the sultan do when he read the letter, like, proper gutted?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bruv · What happens: do, read, gut · To what, where: sultan, letter

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1775 «Tales of the East, How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water, part 2: a pot of gold, a fake fish and hare, and a wife who spends it all» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Bruv	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sultan	det
6	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 read	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 read	nsubj
10	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 letter	det
12	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 read	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 like	punct
14	like	like	INTJ	_	12 letter	discourse
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 gutted	punct
16	proper	properly	ADV	_	17 gutted	advmod
17	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 read	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	Bruv	the sultan		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sultan=Eventuality
2	do	present	Bruv			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	read	past	Bruv	the letter		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Topic
4	gut	participle	Bruv not said here		properly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

He wept like a baby lad

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 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	6 lad	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lad	det
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lad	compound
6	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	He					like a baby lad	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He cried like he lost his mum

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 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	SCONJ	_	5 lost	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lost	nsubj
5	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	ccomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mum	nmod:poss
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	He						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose	past	he	his mum					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Eventuality

Option 3

He laughed

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He just left

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	3 left	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 left	advmod
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	He						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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