Test 1 · ★ · Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in…

Bruh, why'd his mates just ditch him in that pit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mates · What happens: ditch · To what, where: him, pit

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1796 «Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in a honey pit, escapes through a scorpion's hole, and is caught at the baths» 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	_	8 ditch	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ditch	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 ditch	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 ditch	aux
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mates	nmod:poss
6	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ditch	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 ditch	advmod
8	ditch	ditch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ditch	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 pit	case
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 pit	det
12	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ditch	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 ditch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ditch	would	his mates	him = he		that pit			tree rules

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

Cos he was annoying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 annoying	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 annoying	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 annoying	cop
4	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					annoying property	tree rules

Option 2

Cos they fancied his dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	co	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fancied	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fancied	nsubj
3	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dinner	nmod:poss
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fancied	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy	past	Cos	his dinner					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cos they wanted his share of the cash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	co	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 share	nmod:poss
5	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 cash	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cash	det
8	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 share	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Cos	his share of the cash					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot share=Theme
2	share		his = he	the cash					nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

Cos he nicked their tools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nicked	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 nicked	nsubj
3	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tools	nmod:poss
5	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 nicked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	Cos	their tools					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Patient

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