Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Tit Tot, part 1: a lazy girl must…

wait, so the mum is chatting nonsense in the street?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, mum · What happens: wait, chat · To what, where: nonsense, street

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1943 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Tit Tot, part 1: a lazy girl must spin five skeins a day or lose her head, and a little black impet offers to help» 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	_	7 chatting	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 chatting	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mum	det
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chatting	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 chatting	aux
7	chatting	chat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 wait	advcl
8	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chatting	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 street	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 street	det
11	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chatting	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	chat speech: other	present · progressive	the mum	nonsense		the street			tree rules

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, she was just singing lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 singing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 singing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 singing	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 singing	advmod
6	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 singing	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past · progressive	she						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 2

yeah, she sang a fake song to fool the king, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sang	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sang	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sang	nsubj
4	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 song	det
6	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 song	amod
7	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 fool	mark
9	fool	fool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sang	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fool	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 innit	punct
13	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 king	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	she	a fake song					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
2	fool	to-infinitive	she not said here	the king and innit					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she sang the wrong song so the king wouldn't clock it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sang	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sang	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sang	nsubj
4	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 song	det
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 song	amod
7	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	obj
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 clock	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 clock	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 clock	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 clock	advmod
13	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	obl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 clock	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	she	the wrong song					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
2	not clock	would	the king						tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

nah, she sang the right song but the king got it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sang	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sang	nsubj
4	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 song	det
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 song	amod
7	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	obj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 got	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 got	nsubj
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sang	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	she	the right song					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
2	get	past	the king	song					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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