Test 1 · ★ · pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress f…

So how does Halfman get the ogre's lot to cook themselves, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Halfman, lot · What happens: get, cook, innit · To what, where: lot, themselves

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1811 «pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress falls, and a son is promised away» 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 get	advmod
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 get	advmod
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
4	Halfman	Halfman	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ogre	det
7	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lot	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 ogre	case
9	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 cook	mark
11	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	xcomp
12	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 cook	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 innit	punct
14	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	present · do-support	Halfman	the ogre's lot	tree rules
2	cook	to-infinitive	the ogre's lot not said here	themselves = they	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient
3	innit	infinitive	Halfman not said here		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 · ✓ the right answer

He tells the ogre to light a fire under the tower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ogre	det
4	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 light	mark
6	light	light	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tells	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 light	obj
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 tower	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tower	det
11	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 light	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	He	the ogre					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent ogre=Recipient clause=Topic
2	light not said to happen	to-infinitive	the ogre not said here	a fire		the tower			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product

Option 2

He tells the ogre to kip in the woods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ogre	det
4	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 kip	mark
6	kip	kip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tells	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 woods	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 woods	det
9	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kip	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	He	the ogre					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent ogre=Recipient clause=Topic
2	kip not said to happen	to-infinitive	the ogre not said here			the woods			tree rules

Option 3

He tells the ogre to chuck water on the tower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ogre	det
4	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 chuck	mark
6	chuck	chuck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tells	xcomp
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chuck	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 tower	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tower	det
10	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	He	the ogre					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent ogre=Recipient clause=Topic
2	chuck not said to happen	to-infinitive	the ogre not said here	water		the tower			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on tower=Destination

Option 4

He tells the ogre to ring a bell on the roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ogre	det
4	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 ring	mark
6	ring	ring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tells	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bell	det
8	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ring	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 roof	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 roof	det
11	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	He	the ogre					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent ogre=Recipient clause=Topic
2	ring not said to happen	to-infinitive	the ogre not said here	a bell		the roof			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme

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