Test 2 · ★ · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a…

Bruv, why'd the stream and the fire even bother asking him for help?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stream · What happens: ask · To what, where: Bruv

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 asking	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 asking	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 stream	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stream	det
6	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 asking	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fire	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fire	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stream	conj
10	even	even	ADV	_	11 bother	advmod
11	bother	both	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 asking	advmod
12	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 asking	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 help	case
15	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 asking	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 asking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund	the stream and the fire		Bruv			for help; Bruv vocative; both property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Cos they was stuck and needed him, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 stuck	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stuck	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stuck	cop
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 needed	cc
6	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stuck	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 needed	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stuck	punct
9	innit	innit	INTJ	_	4 stuck	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					stuck property	tree rules
2	need	past	they not said here	him = he					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 2

Cos they was stuck proper bad and needed his help to get out of trouble, innit

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 stuck	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stuck	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stuck	cop
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	proper	properly	ADV	_	6 bad	advmod
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stuck	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 needed	cc
8	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stuck	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 help	nmod:poss
10	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 needed	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 get	mark
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 needed	advcl
13	out	out	ADP	_	15 trouble	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 trouble	case
15	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 innit	punct
17	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 trouble	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	they		stuck property	tree rules
2	be		they not said here		properly property	tree rules
3	need	past	they not said here	his help		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
4	get out	to-infinitive	they not said here	trouble and innit		tree rules
5	help		his = he			nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cos they was lost and wanted him, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 lost	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lost	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	aux:pass
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 innit	advcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wanted	cc
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wanted	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lost	punct
9	innit	innit	INTJ	_	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		they					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	want	past		him = he					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 4

Cos the stream and fire was dead stuck and needed him to sort it, so they asked, innit

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 stream	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stream	det
3	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuck	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 fire	cc
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stream	conj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stuck	cop
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stuck	amod
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 needed	cc
10	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stuck	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 needed	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 sort	mark
13	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 needed	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sort	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 asked	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	18 asked	advmod
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 asked	nsubj
18	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 innit	advcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 asked	punct
20	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 stuck	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past			cos the stream and fire; stuck property	tree rules
2	need	past		him = he		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
3	sort	to-infinitive		fire		vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	ask speech: ask	past	stream			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	innit	infinitive				tree rules

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