Test 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl g…

And the trousers bloke was trying to jump in like a wally, bruh?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: trousers bloke · What happens: try, jump in

This is test 7 · ★ 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	6 trying	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bloke	det
3	trousers	trousers	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bloke	compound
4	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trying	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 trying	aux
6	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 jump	mark
8	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 trying	xcomp
9	in	in	ADV	_	8 jump	advmod
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 wally	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wally	det
12	wally	wally	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jump	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 trying	punct
14	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	6 trying	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 trying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past · progressive	the trousers bloke						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	jump in not said to happen	to-infinitive	the trousers bloke not said here					like a wally	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 hopping all over the room with his trousers round his ankles, dead funny, honestly, lol, like a wally

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 hopping	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hopping	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hopping	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hopping	aux
5	hopping	hop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	all	all	ADV	_	9 room	advmod
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 room	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hopping	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 trousers	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 trousers	nmod:poss
12	trousers	trousers	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 room	nmod
13	round	round	ADP	_	15 ankles	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 ankles	nmod:poss
15	ankles	ankle	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 trousers	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 funny	punct
17	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 funny	amod
18	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ankles	amod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 honestly	punct
20	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	18 funny	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 lol	punct
22	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 hopping	discourse
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 wally	punct
24	like	like	ADP	_	26 wally	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 wally	det
26	wally	wally	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hopping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hop	past · progressive	he			the room with his trousers round his ankles		like a wally	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over room=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he was hopping about, dead funny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 hopping	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hopping	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hopping	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hopping	aux
5	hopping	hop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	about	about	ADV	_	5 hopping	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hopping	punct
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 funny	amod
9	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hopping	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hop about	past · progressive	he					about, funny property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, he was rolling about, dead rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 rolling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 rolling	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rolling	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rolling	aux
5	rolling	roll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	about	about	ADV	_	5 rolling	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 rolling	punct
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rude	amod
9	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rolling	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll about	past · progressive	he					about property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he was hopping about on one leg trying to get the trousers on, dead funny, and everyone in the inn was watching

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 hopping	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hopping	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hopping	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hopping	aux
5	hopping	hop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	about	about	ADV	_	5 hopping	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 leg	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 leg	nummod
9	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hopping	obl
10	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hopping	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 get	mark
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 trying	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 trousers	det
14	trousers	trousers	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 get	obj
15	on	on	ADV	_	12 get	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 funny	punct
17	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 funny	amod
18	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 get	parataxis
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 watching	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 watching	cc
21	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	26 watching	nsubj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 inn	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 inn	det
24	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 everyone	nmod
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 watching	aux
26	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hopping	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hop about	past · progressive	he		one leg	about property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory
2	try	gerund	he not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the trousers			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trousers=Stimulus
4	watch	past · progressive	everyone				vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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