Test 13 · ★ · Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pearls, part 36: Jesper…

Bruh, what did the King of the Ants say he would do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: King · What happens: do, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1785 «Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pearls, part 36: Jesper helps the ants and is set to sort the grain» 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	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
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	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 say	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Ants	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Ants	det
9	Ants	Ant	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 King	nmod
10	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 do	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 do	aux
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 say	ccomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	do	past		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the King of the Ants	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do	would	King	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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

Help Jesper whenever he calls, even if it is the middle of the night

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Jesper	Jesper	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Help	obj
3	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 calls	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calls	nsubj
5	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Help	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 middle	punct
7	even	even	ADV	_	12 middle	advmod
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 middle	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 middle	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 middle	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 middle	det
12	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Help	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 night	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 night	det
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	help	imperative	you not said here		Jesper			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jesper=Beneficiary
2	call	present	Jesper				whenever property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	it	the middle		night		tree rules

Option 2

Aid Jesper when he needs it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aid	Aid	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 needs	nsubj
2	Jesper	Jesper	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Aid	flat
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 needs	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 needs	nsubj
5	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Aid	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 3

Help Jesper whenever he calls, and also march the army into the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Jesper	Jesper	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Help	obj
3	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 calls	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calls	nsubj
5	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Help	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 march	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 march	cc
8	also	also	ADV	_	9 march	advmod
9	march	march	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Help	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 army	det
11	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 march	obj
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 palace	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 palace	det
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 march	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	help	imperative	you not said here		Jesper			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jesper=Beneficiary
2	call	present	Jesper				whenever property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	march	infinitive	you not said here	the army		the palace		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent army=Theme into palace=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Help Jesper whenever he calls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Jesper	Jesper	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Help	obj
3	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 calls	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calls	nsubj
5	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Help	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	imperative	you not said here		Jesper				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jesper=Beneficiary
2	call	present	Jesper					whenever property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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