Test 2 · ★ · Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fail…

Bruv, why was the youngest Prince always called the thick one?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: be, call · To what, where: thick one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1934 «Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fails to steal the golden horse and is caught» 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	3 why	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 youngest	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 youngest	det
6	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 why	advcl:relcl
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 called	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 called	advmod
9	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 youngest	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 one	det
11	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	amod
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 called	xcomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						young property	tree rules
2	call	past	Prince	the thick one				always property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

cos he never asked for nothing better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 asked	advmod
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 nothing	case
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 asked	obl
7	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 asked	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	past	cos					for nothing	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

cos he always took what he got

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 took	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 took	advmod
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 took	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	cos					always property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
2	get	past	cos						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

cos everyone in the palace reckoned he was daft and he never once asked for nothing better than the rubbish they gave him

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 cos	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 palace	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 palace	det
5	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reckoned	obl
6	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	parataxis
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 daft	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 daft	cop
9	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reckoned	ccomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 asked	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 asked	nsubj
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 asked	advmod
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 asked	advmod
14	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 reckoned	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 nothing	case
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 asked	obl
17	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 asked	ccomp
18	than	than	ADP	_	20 rubbish	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 rubbish	det
20	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 better	obl
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 gave	nsubj
22	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 rubbish	acl:relcl
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 gave	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	co	present		everyone				tree rules
2	reckon	past				the palace		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	he				daft property	tree rules
4	not ask speech: ask	past	he				for nothing; once property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	give	past	they	the rubbish not said here	him = he			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

cos he never wanted much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 wanted	advmod
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	acl:relcl
5	much	much	ADV	_	4 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not want	past	he	cos not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cos=Theme

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