Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl g…
So the gentleman gets sick of them and he's like, "three bigger sillies, I'm back"?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gentleman, I · What happens: get, be
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 gets | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gentleman | det |
| 3 | gentleman | gentleman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gets | xcomp |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sick | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 sillies | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 sillies | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 sillies | cop |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 sillies | case |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 like | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 sillies | punct |
| 14 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 sillies | nummod |
| 15 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 sillies | amod |
| 16 | sillies | silly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gets | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 back | punct |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 back | nsubj |
| 19 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 back | cop |
| 20 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 gets | advmod |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 back | punct |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the gentleman | sick property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | gentleman | like three bigger sillies | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | I | back property | 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
Yeah, then he's back in town, peace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 town | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 town | punct |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 town | advmod |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 town | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 town | cop |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 town | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 town | case |
| 8 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 peace | punct |
| 10 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 town | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | town and peace | then | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, then he's off on his travels again, peace, and he never comes back to that farm or those daft folks
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 's | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 's | advmod |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 's | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 travels | advcl |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 's | compound:prt |
| 7 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 9 travels | mark |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 travels | nmod:poss |
| 9 | travels | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 9 travels | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 peace | punct |
| 12 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 travels | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 comes | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 comes | cc |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 comes | nsubj |
| 16 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 17 comes | advmod |
| 17 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 travels | conj |
| 18 | back | back | ADV | _ | 17 comes | advmod |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 farm | case |
| 20 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 farm | det |
| 21 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 comes | obl |
| 22 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 25 folks | cc |
| 23 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 25 folks | det |
| 24 | daft | daft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 folks | amod |
| 25 | folks | folk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 farm | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be off | present | he | then | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | travel | present | peace | again | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not come back | present | he | that farm or that daft folks | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to farm=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Nah, then he's stuck with them, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 stuck | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 stuck | advmod |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stuck | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stuck | cop |
| 6 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stuck | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mate | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stuck | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | then | with them = they; mate vocative; stuck property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, then he's off on his travels, peace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 's | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 's | advmod |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 's | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 travels | advcl |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 's | compound:prt |
| 7 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 9 travels | mark |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 travels | nmod:poss |
| 9 | travels | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 peace | punct |
| 11 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 travels | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be off | present | he | then | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | travel | present | peace | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme peace=Trajectory |
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