Test 2 · ★ · The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1: a sad King ma…

So he was banging his noggin on the wall, like, for real?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: bang · To what, where: noggin, wall

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1864 «The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1: a sad King marries a sorrowful lady, and her ugly daughter starts trouble» 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	_	4 banging	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 banging	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 banging	aux
4	banging	bang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 real	csubj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 noggin	nmod:poss
6	noggin	noggin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 banging	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 wall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 banging	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 like	punct
11	like	like	INTJ	_	4 banging	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 real	punct
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 real	case
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 real	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bang	past · progressive	he	his noggin		the wall			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent noggin=Theme on wall=Trajectory

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

Nah, he was sat on the floor, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sat	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sat	aux:pass
5	sat	sit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 floor	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past · passive		he		the floor and mate			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme on floor=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he was whacking his head on the walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 whacking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 whacking	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 whacking	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 whacking	aux
5	whacking	whack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whacking	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 walls	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 walls	det
10	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 whacking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whack	past · progressive	he	his head				on the walls	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Instrument on wall=Patient

Option 3

Yeah, he was smashing his noggin on the bricks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 smashing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 smashing	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 smashing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 smashing	aux
5	smashing	smash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 noggin	nmod:poss
7	noggin	noggin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 smashing	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 bricks	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bricks	det
10	bricks	brick	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 smashing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	past · progressive	he	his noggin		the bricks			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent noggin=Theme on brick=Destination

Option 4

Yeah, he was bashing his bonce on a wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 bashing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bashing	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bashing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bashing	aux
5	bashing	bash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bonce	nmod:poss
7	bonce	bonce	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bashing	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 wall	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 wall	det
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bashing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bash	past · progressive	he	his bonce				on a wall	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent bonce=Instrument on wall=Patient

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