Test 5 · ★ · Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedg…

Did Jack's dad even know it was his own son when he came back?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, Jack · What happens: know, be, come back · To what, where: own son · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1930 «Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedgehog hero's bride is cast off, his skin burns, and a golden fish brings a 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 know	aux
2	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 dad	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Jack	case
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
5	even	even	ADV	_	6 know	advmod
6	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 son	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 son	cop
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 son	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 son	amod
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 know	ccomp
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 came	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 came	nsubj
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 know	advcl
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 came	advmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	know	past · do-support			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	it	Jack's own son	tree rules
3	come back	past	Jack		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Nah, he reckoned the lad was dead, bruv.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 reckoned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reckoned	nsubj
4	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lad	det
6	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dead	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dead	cop
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reckoned	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bruv	punct
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dead	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reckoned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	he						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the lad					dead property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he said he had no son, cos the lad was a hedgehog

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 son	det
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cos	punct
10	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lad	det
12	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hedgehog	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 hedgehog	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hedgehog	det
15	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cos	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	he	no son	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
3	co	present	he not said here		tree rules
4	is a	past	the lad	a hedgehog	tree rules

Option 3

Nah, he told the lad he had no son at all, cos the boy was a hedgehog now and he didn't want him

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lad	det
6	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lad	acl:relcl
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 son	det
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 had	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 hedgehog	punct
14	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	19 hedgehog	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 boy	det
16	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hedgehog	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 hedgehog	cop
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 hedgehog	det
19	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	conj
20	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 hedgehog	advmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 want	cc
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 want	nsubj
23	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 want	aux
24	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	25 want	advmod
25	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	conj
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 want	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	he	the lad				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lad=Recipient
2	have	past	he	no son	all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
3	is	past	the boy			now	cos a hedgehog	tree rules
4	not want	past · do-support	boy	hedgehog				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, he knew it was him, innit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 knew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 knew	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knew	nsubj
4	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 him	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 him	cop
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knew	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 knew	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 knew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	know	past	he		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	it	him = he	tree rules
3	innit	infinitive	he not said here		tree rules

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