Test 11 · ★ · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes…

What did the goose say about getting squeezed, bruv?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: goose · What happens: do, say, squeeze · To what, where: bruv · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 goose	det
4	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 squeezed	mark
7	getting	get	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 squeezed	aux:pass
8	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 say	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bruv	punct
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 squeezed	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the goose		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	squeeze	gerund · passive		bruv	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»

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 · ✓ the right answer

Squeeze too tight and I'll bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Squeeze	squeeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tight	nsubj
2	too	too	ADV	_	3 tight	advmod
3	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bite	cc
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 bite	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 bite	aux
7	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tight	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	future	I						vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Please don't squeeze so tight, mate, or I'll bite you hard and loud

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	4 squeeze	discourse
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 squeeze	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 squeeze	advmod
4	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 tight	advmod
6	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 squeeze	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 squeeze	vocative
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bite	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 bite	cc
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 bite	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 bite	aux
13	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 squeeze	parataxis
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 bite	obj
15	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bite	xcomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 loud	cc
17	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not squeeze	imperative · do-support	you not said here					mate vocative; tight property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	bite	future	I	you				hard property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient

Option 3

Hold tighter and I'll hiss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	tighter	tight	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Hold	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hiss	cc
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 hiss	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 hiss	aux
6	hiss	hiss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here					tight property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hiss	future	I						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Squeeze too tight and I'll bite your fingers right off, Jem

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Squeeze	squeeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tight	nsubj
2	too	too	ADV	_	3 tight	advmod
3	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bite	cc
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 bite	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 bite	aux
7	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tight	conj
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fingers	nmod:poss
9	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bite	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	11 off	advmod
11	off	off	ADV	_	7 bite	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Jem	punct
13	Jem	Jem	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tight	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	future	I	your fingers				off property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient

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