Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack…

Jack nicked a bag of gold, so what did he do with it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack · What happens: nick, do · To what, where: bag

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 nicked	nsubj
2	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bag	det
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nicked	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 gold	case
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bag	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 do	advmod
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 do	obj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 do	aux
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 nicked	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 do	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 nicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	Jack	a bag of gold					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient
2	do	past · do-support	Jack					with gold	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

He buried it in the old garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 buried	nsubj
2	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 buried	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 garden	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garden	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 garden	amod
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past	He	it		the old garden			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in garden=Destination

Option 2

He chucked it down to his mum's garden and then slid down after it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	nsubj
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 chucked	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 garden	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mum	nmod:poss
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 garden	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 mum	case
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 slid	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 slid	advmod
12	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 chucked	conj
13	down	down	ADP	_	12 slid	compound:prt
14	after	after	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 slid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck down	past	He	it		his mum's garden			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme to garden=Destination
2	slide down	past	He not said here				after garden; then		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He chucked it down to his mum's garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	nsubj
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 chucked	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 garden	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mum	nmod:poss
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 garden	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 mum	case
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck down	past	He	it		his mum's garden			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme to garden=Destination

Option 4

He carried it all the way home and gave it to his mum in the kitchen

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	obj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 way	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl:unmarked
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 way	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gave	cc
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 carried	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 mum	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mum	nmod:poss
13	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 kitchen	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 kitchen	det
16	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	He	it				all way obl:unmarked	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	give	past	He not said here	way	his mum	the kitchen			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to mum=Recipient

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