Test 8 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king pr…

What time did Nix say it was, to save his skin?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: time, it · What happens: say, be, save · To what, where: skin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1947 «English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king promises his son to a giant, and the boy escapes with the giant's daughter» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 time	det
2	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
4	Nix	Nix	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 was	nsubj
7	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 save	punct
9	to	to	PART	_	10 save	mark
10	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 say	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 skin	nmod:poss
12	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 save	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	what time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	past	it		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	save	to-infinitive	what time not said here	Nix's skin	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=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 · ✓ the right answer

his dad having his supper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 dad	acl
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 supper	nmod:poss
5	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 having	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund	his dad not said here	his supper					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

his dad's brother coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brother	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 dad	case
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 brother	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	gerund	his dad's brother not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

his dad having his supper at the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 dad	acl
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 supper	nmod:poss
5	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 having	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 table	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 table	det
8	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 having	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund	his dad not said here	his supper		the table			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient

Option 4

the time his mother takes up the eggs at dusk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 time	det
2	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 takes	obl:unmarked
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mother	nmod:poss
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 takes	nsubj
5	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 takes	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 eggs	det
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 takes	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 dusk	case
10	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take up	present	his mother	the eggs			dusk; time		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme

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