Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl g…

Bruv, the imp's name is Tom Tit Tot, yeah, like he sings it while he spins?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bruv name, Tom, imp · What happens: be, sing, spin, name · To what, where: Tom, name

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1944 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl guesses the imp's name, and the sillies begin their troubles» 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	6 name	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 imp	det
4	imp	imp	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 imp	case
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Tom	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Tom	cop
8	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	Tit	Tit	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Tom	flat
10	Tot	Tot	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Tom	flat
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sings	punct
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	16 sings	discourse
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sings	punct
14	like	like	SCONJ	_	16 sings	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sings	nsubj
16	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Tom	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sings	obj
18	while	while	SCONJ	_	20 spins	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 spins	nsubj
20	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 sings	advcl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 Tom	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the imp's Bruv name	Tom	tree rules
2	sing speech: express	present	Tom	name	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
3	spin	present	Tom		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	name		the imp		nom name «communication 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

Yeah, he was singing about his name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 singing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 singing	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 singing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 singing	aux
5	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 name	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 name	nmod:poss
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 singing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past · progressive	he					about his name	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about name=Location
2	name		his = he						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he belted it out so loud the whole village heard him singing away at his wheel all night long, innit

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 belted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 belted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 belted	nsubj
4	belted	belt	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 belted	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	4 belted	compound:prt
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 loud	advmod
8	loud	loud	ADV	_	4 belted	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 village	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 village	amod
11	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heard	nsubj
12	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 belted	parataxis
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 heard	obj
14	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 heard	advcl
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 singing	advmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 wheel	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 wheel	nmod:poss
18	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 singing	obl
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 night	det
20	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 singing	obl:unmarked
21	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 singing	advmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 innit	punct
23	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belt out	past	he	it			loud property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	hear	past	the whole village	him = he				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	sing away speech: express	gerund	the whole village not said here		village's wheel	night	away, long property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at wheel=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he sang it proper loud, 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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sang	obj
6	proper	properly	ADV	_	7 loud	advmod
7	loud	loud	ADV	_	4 sang	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sang	punct
9	innit	innit	INTJ	_	4 sang	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	he	it				loud property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, he sang it proper loud while spinning, and everyone in the cottage could hear him going at it, innit

The tree, 20 words

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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sang	obj
6	proper	properly	ADV	_	7 loud	advmod
7	loud	loud	ADV	_	4 sang	advmod
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 spinning	mark
9	spinning	spin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sang	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hear	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 hear	cc
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 hear	nsubj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 cottage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cottage	det
15	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 everyone	nmod
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 hear	aux
17	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sang	parataxis
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 hear	obj
19	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 hear	xcomp
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 going	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 innit	punct
23	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 hear	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	he	it		loud property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	spin	gerund	he not said here				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	hear	could	everyone	him = he			tree rules
4	go	gerund	him = he not said here		cottage		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at it=Location
5	innit	infinitive	everyone not said here				tree rules

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