Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch m…

so jenik saved a dog, a cat and a snake?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jenik · What happens: save · To what, where: dog

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1874 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch makes Jenik rich, then his wife steals it and leaves him alone» 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	_	3 saved	advmod
2	jenik	jenik	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saved	nsubj
3	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saved	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cat	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cat	det
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 snake	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 snake	det
11	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	jenik	a dog and a cat and a snake					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=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 · ← Mova's choice

nope, he saved a cat and a crow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 saved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saved	nsubj
4	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 crow	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 crow	det
9	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	he	a cat and a crow					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme

Option 2

yep, and the snake later gave him a magic watch that grants any wish he wants

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	7 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gave	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 snake	det
5	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gave	nsubj
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 gave	advmod
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gave	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 watch	det
10	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 watch	amod
11	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gave	obj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 grants	nsubj
13	grants	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 watch	acl:relcl
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 wish	det
15	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 grants	obj
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 wants	nsubj
17	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 wish	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	past	the snake	a magic watch	him = he	late property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient watch=Theme
2	grant	present	a magic watch	any wish			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wish=Theme
3	want	present	snake	any wish not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wish=Theme

Option 3

yep, and the owl gave him a silver ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gave	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gave	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 owl	det
5	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	iobj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ring	det
9	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ring	amod
10	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the owl	a silver ring	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ring=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yep, and the snake gave him a magic watch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gave	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gave	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 snake	det
5	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	iobj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 watch	det
9	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 watch	amod
10	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the snake	a magic watch	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient watch=Theme

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