Test 10 · ★ · Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the d…

Ayy, what does farthing mean, like, back then?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ayy · What happens: mean

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1800 «Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the dwarfs and finds the hidden treasure» 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	Ayy	Ayy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 mean	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ayy	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 mean	obj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	aux
5	farthing	farthing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mean	nsubj
6	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 back	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 back	case
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 like	punct
10	back	back	ADV	_	6 mean	ccomp
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 back	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	Ayy						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

Old coin worth a quarter of a shilling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 coin	amod
2	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quarter	nsubj
3	worth	worth	DET	PronType=Tot	5 quarter	det:predet
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 quarter	det
5	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 shilling	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shilling	det
8	shilling	shilling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quarter	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A very small old English coin that was worth one quarter of a penny and used by poor folk in the past

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coin	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 small	advmod
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coin	amod
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coin	amod
5	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coin	amod
6	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 quarter	nsubj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 quarter	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 quarter	cop
9	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 quarter	amod
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 quarter	nummod
11	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 penny	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 penny	det
14	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 quarter	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 used	cc
16	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 quarter	conj
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 folk	case
18	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 folk	amod
19	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 used	obl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 past	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 past	det
22	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 folk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	a small old English coin	worth one quarter				of a penny	tree rules
2	use	participle	a small old English coin not said here					by poor folk in the past	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The smallest coin, a quarter of a penny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 coin	det
2	smallest	small	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 coin	amod
3	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 quarter	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 quarter	det
6	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coin	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 penny	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 penny	det
9	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quarter	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A small silver coin from the old kingdom that was worth a whole penny and was used by merchants

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 coin	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 coin	amod
3	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coin	compound
4	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 worth	nsubj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 kingdom	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kingdom	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kingdom	amod
8	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coin	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 worth	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 worth	cop
11	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 penny	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 penny	amod
14	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 worth	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 used	cc
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 used	aux:pass
17	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 worth	conj
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 merchants	case
19	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	a small silver coin from the old kingdom					worth property	tree rules
2	use	past · passive	merchants						vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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