Test 11 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the…
Sick, the dad got well cross, didn't he?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: get, not do
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1949 «English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the youngest princess and the harp tells the truth» 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 | Sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dad | det |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Sick | parataxis |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 cross | advmod |
| 7 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 got | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 did | punct |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | conj |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 did | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 did | nsubj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the dad | cross property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | not do | past | dad | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
Yeah, he shut the door in her face and told her to go away
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 shut | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shut | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shut | nsubj |
| 4 | shut | shut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 door | det |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shut | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 face | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 face | nmod:poss |
| 9 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shut | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 told | cc |
| 11 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 shut | conj |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 told | iobj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 go | mark |
| 14 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 told | xcomp |
| 15 | away | away | ADV | _ | 14 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut | past | he | the door | her face | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient | |||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | he not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | go away not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, he shut the door in her face and never spoke to her again after that
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 shut | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shut | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shut | nsubj |
| 4 | shut | shut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 door | det |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shut | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 face | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 face | nmod:poss |
| 9 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shut | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 spoke | cc |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 spoke | advmod |
| 12 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 shut | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 her | case |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 spoke | obl |
| 15 | again | again | ADV | _ | 12 spoke | advmod |
| 16 | after | after | ADP | _ | 17 that | case |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 spoke | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut | past | he | the door | her face | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient | |||
| 2 | not speak speech: other | past | he not said here | her = she | after that; again | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |
Option 3
Nah, he kissed her on the cheek
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 kissed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kissed | nsubj |
| 4 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kissed | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 cheek | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cheek | det |
| 8 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kissed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kiss | past | he | her = she | the cheek | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he shut the door in her face
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 shut | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shut | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shut | nsubj |
| 4 | shut | shut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 door | det |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shut | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 face | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 face | nmod:poss |
| 9 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shut | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut | past | he | the door | her face | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
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