Test 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack Hannaford, part: a soldier trick…

Mate, what's the deal with "out-at-elbows" anyway?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: be · To what, where: deal

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1948 «English Fairy Tales, Jack Hannaford, part: a soldier tricks a foolish farmer's wife out of ten gold pounds, then the farmer out of his horse» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 deal	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 deal	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 deal	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 deal	det
6	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mate	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	13 elbows	case
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 elbows	punct
9	out	out	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 elbows	nsubj
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 elbows	punct
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 elbows	case
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 at	punct
13	elbows	elbow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deal	nmod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 elbows	punct
15	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	13 elbows	advmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Mate and the deal	the deal				with elbows	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

it means skint, like broke with clothes worn through

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	skint	skint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 broke	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 broke	case
6	broke	broke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 clothes	case
8	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 broke	nmod
9	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 clothes	acl
10	through	through	ADP	_	9 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it					like broke with clothes; skint property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	wear through	participle		clothes not said here					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 2

it means dressed up fancy, with ragged sleeves and holes in your coat, totally posh

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fancy	amod
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 dressed	compound:prt
5	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sleeves	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 sleeves	case
8	ragged	ragged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sleeves	amod
9	sleeves	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 means	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 holes	cc
11	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sleeves	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 coat	case
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 coat	nmod:poss
14	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sleeves	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 posh	punct
16	totally	totally	ADV	_	17 posh	advmod
17	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	dressed fancy					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fancy=Topic
2	dress up	participle							vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

it means poor, like skint with ragged clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 skint	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 skint	case
6	skint	skint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 clothes	case
8	ragged	ragged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 clothes	amod
9	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 skint	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	poor					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poor=Topic

Option 4

it means skint, like broke, with your clothes worn right through at the elbows

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	skint	skint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 broke	punct
5	like	like	SCONJ	_	6 broke	mark
6	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 clothes	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 clothes	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 clothes	nmod:poss
10	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 broke	obl
11	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 clothes	acl
12	right	right	ADV	_	11 worn	advmod
13	through	through	ADP	_	16 elbows	case
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 elbows	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 elbows	det
16	elbows	elbow	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it			skint property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	break	past				with your clothes	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with clothes=Instrument
3	wear	participle		your clothes not said here	the elbows	right property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

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