Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Tit Tot, part 1: a lazy girl must…

what's the impet's whole deal then

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: whole deal, impet · What happens: be, deal

This is test 4 · ★ 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 what	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 impet	det
4	impet	impet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 deal	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 impet	case
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 deal	amod
7	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 what	nsubj
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 what	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the impet's whole deal				then		tree rules
2	deal		the impet						nom deal «act transitive»: poss=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

it sits on the sill and twirls its tail until she guesses the name, then spins the yarn, bet

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sits	nsubj
2	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 sill	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sill	det
5	sill	sill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sits	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 twirls	cc
7	twirls	twirl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sits	conj
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 tail	nmod:poss
9	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 twirls	obj
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 guesses	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 guesses	nsubj
12	guesses	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 twirls	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 name	det
14	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 guesses	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 spins	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 spins	advmod
17	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sits	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 yarn	det
19	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 spins	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 bet	punct
21	bet	bet	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 yarn	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	sit	present	it		the sill		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on sill=Location
2	twirl	present		sill's tail			vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent tail=Material
3	guess	present	she	the name			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
4	spin	present		the yarn and bet		then	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent yarn=Theme

Option 2

it spins all the yarn for her if she guesses its name right, but it wants her first-born child after that, bet

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spins	nsubj
2	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 yarn	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 yarn	det
5	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spins	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spins	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 guesses	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 guesses	nsubj
10	guesses	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 spins	advcl
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 name	nmod:poss
12	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 guesses	obj
13	right	right	ADV	_	10 guesses	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 wants	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 wants	cc
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 wants	nsubj
17	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 spins	conj
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 child	nmod:poss
19	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	22 child	amod
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 first	punct
21	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 child	amod
22	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wants	obj
23	after	after	ADP	_	24 that	case
24	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 wants	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 bet	punct
26	bet	bet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 wants	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	spin	present	it	all yarn		for her = she	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent yarn=Result for she=Beneficiary
2	guess a condition, not said to happen	present	she	yarn's name		right property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
3	want	present	name	her first born child	after that		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot child=Theme
4	bear	participle					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
5	bet	infinitive					vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
6	name		yarn				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

it grinds the flour if she guesses, bet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grinds	nsubj
2	grinds	grind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flour	det
4	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grinds	obj
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 guesses	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 guesses	nsubj
7	guesses	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grinds	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bet	punct
9	bet	bet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 guesses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grind	present	it	the flour					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument flour=Patient
2	guess a condition, not said to happen	present	she	bet					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bet=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

it spins the yarn if she guesses its name, bet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spins	nsubj
2	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 yarn	det
4	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spins	obj
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 guesses	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 guesses	nsubj
7	guesses	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 spins	advcl
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 name	nmod:poss
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 guesses	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bet	punct
11	bet	bet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 name	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	spin	present	it	the yarn	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme yarn=Result
2	guess a condition, not said to happen	present	she	yarn's name and bet	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
3	name		yarn		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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