Test 12 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack…
Did the ogre's wife think Jack was dinner, mate?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife · What happens: think, be · To what, where: Jack dinner
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1951 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack steals gold and a golden hen from the ogre's house» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wife | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ogre | det |
| 3 | ogre | ogre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wife | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 ogre | case |
| 5 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 think | nsubj |
| 6 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 dinner | compound |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dinner | cop |
| 9 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 think | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 mate | punct |
| 11 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dinner | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | the ogre's wife | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | Jack dinner and mate | 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
Yes, she thought he was a fine dinner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 dinner | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dinner | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 dinner | det |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 dinner | amod |
| 9 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | she | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | he | a fine dinner | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, she thought he was dinner, but she decided to feed him bread and cheese first
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 dinner | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 dinner | cop |
| 7 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 decided | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 decided | cc |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 decided | nsubj |
| 11 | decided | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thought | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 feed | mark |
| 13 | feed | feed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 decided | xcomp |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 feed | obj |
| 15 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 feed | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 cheese | cc |
| 17 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 bread | conj |
| 18 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 feed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | she | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | he | dinner | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | decide | past | she | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | feed not said to happen | to-infinitive | she not said here | bread and cheese | him = he | first property | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bread=Theme |
Option 3
No, she thought it was last night's boy, and she felt sorry for him in the end
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 boy | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 boy | cop |
| 7 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 night | amod |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 boy | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 night | case |
| 10 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 felt | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 felt | cc |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 felt | nsubj |
| 14 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thought | conj |
| 15 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 felt | xcomp |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 him | case |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 felt | obl |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 end | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 end | det |
| 20 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 felt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | she | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | last night's boy | night | tree rules | |||
| 3 | feel | past | she | in the end | for boy; sorry property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme in end=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, she thought it was last night's boy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 boy | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 boy | cop |
| 7 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 night | amod |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 boy | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 night | case |
| 10 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | she | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | last night's boy | night | tree rules |
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