Test 1 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow…

yo, the crow in this one is proper greedy innit, like he just wants all the fish

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: crow · What happens: be, want · To what, where: proper greedy innit, fish

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1855 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow is caught and plucked» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	4 crow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crow	det
4	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 innit	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 one	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crow	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 innit	cop
9	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 innit	amod
10	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 innit	amod
11	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wants	punct
13	like	like	SCONJ	_	16 wants	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 wants	nsubj
15	just	just	ADV	_	16 wants	advmod
16	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 innit	conj
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 fish	det:predet
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fish	det
19	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the crow in this one	proper greedy innit					tree rules
2	want	present	crow	all fish					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fish=Theme

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

he wanted every bit of the fish and fine food in the whole kitchen, bruv

The tree, 15 words

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 fish	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fish	det
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bit	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 food	cc
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 food	amod
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fish	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 kitchen	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kitchen	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 kitchen	amod
14	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bruv	punct
16	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kitchen	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	every bit of the fish and fine food		the whole kitchen and bruv			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bit=Theme

Option 2

he fancied the rice and the fine ale, mate

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 fancied	nsubj
2	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rice	det
4	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fancied	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ale	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ale	det
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ale	amod
8	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rice	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy	past	he	the rice and the fine ale and mate					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rice=Stimulus

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

he wanted the fish and fine food, bruv

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 food	cc
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 food	amod
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fish	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bruv	punct
9	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fish	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	the fish and fine food and bruv					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fish=Theme

Option 4

he fancied the seeds and grain, bruv

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 fancied	nsubj
2	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 seeds	det
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fancied	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 grain	cc
6	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seeds	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bruv	punct
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seeds	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy	past	he	the seeds and grain and bruv					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seed=Stimulus

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