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 | to whom | where | when | other | 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 |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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