Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a pat…

Wait, so he nicked the bread and scoffed the lot?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, he · What happens: wait, nick, scoff · To what, where: bread, lot

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1916 «Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a patient old woman, and a bell at the castle» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 nicked	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 nicked	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 nicked	nsubj
5	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bread	det
7	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nicked	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 scoffed	cc
9	scoffed	scoff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nicked	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lot	det
11	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 scoffed	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	nick	past	he	the bread	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient
3	scoff	past	he not said here	the lot	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=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

Nah, he saved it, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 saved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	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	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saved	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 innit	punct
7	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 saved	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	he	it					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	innit	infinitive	he not said here						tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he gave it to the cat, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 cat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cat	det
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	it	the cat and innit				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to cat=Recipient

Option 3

Nah, he put it back, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 put	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 put	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 innit	punct
8	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put back	past	he	it				innit obl	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he gobbled the whole thing, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gobbled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gobbled	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gobbled	nsubj
4	gobbled	gobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	amod
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gobbled	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 gobbled	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gobble	past	he	the whole thing					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	innit	infinitive	he not said here						tree rules

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