Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings…

Oi mate, why was the minister so skint he made his staff glug loads of beer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oi mate, staff · What happens: be, make, glug · To what, where: minister, loads

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1799 «Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings the bells, outwits the headless dwarves, then rides off through snow» 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	Oi	Oi	X	_	2 mate	compound
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 minister	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 minister	advmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 minister	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 minister	det
7	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mate	conj
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 skint	advmod
9	skint	skint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 minister	amod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 made	nsubj
11	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 staff	nmod:poss
13	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 glug	nsubj
14	glug	glug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 made	ccomp
15	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 glug	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 beer	case
17	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 loads	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	Oi mate and the minister not said here	the minister	tree rules
2	make	past	Oi mate and the minister		tree rules
3	glug	present	his staff	loads of beer	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

So they'd drink less ale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 drink	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drink	nsubj
3	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 drink	aux
4	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 ale	amod
6	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drink	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	would	they	less ale					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

So they'd scoff less grub

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 scoff	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scoff	nsubj
3	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 scoff	aux
4	scoff	scoff	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 grub	amod
6	grub	grub	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scoff	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoff	would	they	less grub					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grub=Theme

Option 3

Because the pub down the road had cut its prices and he wanted the lads to drink at home

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	8 cut	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pub	det
3	pub	pub	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cut	nsubj:pass
4	down	down	ADP	_	6 road	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 road	det
6	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pub	nmod
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cut	aux
8	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 prices	nmod:poss
10	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cut	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wanted	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wanted	nsubj
13	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cut	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 lads	det
15	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 wanted	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 drink	mark
17	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wanted	xcomp
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 home	case
19	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	cut	past · perfect · passive		the pub down the road		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary price=Product
2	want	past	he	the lads		tree rules
3	drink not said to happen	to-infinitive	the lads not said here		home	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Because he was a stingy git who wanted them to starve and work harder all day

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 git	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 git	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 git	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 git	det
5	stingy	stingy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 git	amod
6	git	git	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 wanted	nsubj
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 git	acl:relcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wanted	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 starve	mark
11	starve	starve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 wanted	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 work	cc
13	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 starve	conj
14	harder	hard	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 work	advmod
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 work	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a stingy git			tree rules
2	want	past	a stingy git	them = they			tree rules
3	starve not said to happen	to-infinitive	them = they not said here				tree rules
4	work	infinitive	them = they not said here		day	hard property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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