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

Wait, did the imp just get gutted and dip when she said the name?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, she · What happens: wait, do, gut, dip, say · To what, where: imp, name · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	conj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 imp	det
5	imp	imp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 gutted	advmod
7	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 gutted	aux:pass
8	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 did	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dip	cc
10	dip	dip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 said	advmod
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 said	nsubj
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dip	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 name	det
15	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 said	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	you not said here	the imp	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent imp=Eventuality
3	gut	infinitive · passive	you not said here		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»
4	dip	infinitive	you not said here		vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	say speech: assert	past	she	the name	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic

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

Yeah, he shrieked and bolted, sick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 shrieked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shrieked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shrieked	nsubj
4	shrieked	shriek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bolted	cc
6	bolted	bolt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shrieked	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sick	punct
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shrieked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shriek	past	he					sick property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	bolt	past	he not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nah, he just sat there, dull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sat	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 sat	advmod
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 sat	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sat	punct
8	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sat	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	he			there		dull property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nah, he stayed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 stayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stayed	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	he						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, he panicked and ran, mad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 panicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 panicked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 panicked	nsubj
4	panicked	panic	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ran	cc
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 panicked	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mad	punct
8	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 panicked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	panic	past	he					mad property	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	run	past	he not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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