Test 12 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the…

Lol, what did the Middle Bear shout about his porridge?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Middle Bear · What happens: shout

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1956 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the castle home and meets his wife and son» 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	8 shout	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lol	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 shout	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 shout	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Bear	det
6	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Bear	compound
7	Bear	Bear	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 shout	nsubj
8	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 porridge	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 porridge	nmod:poss
11	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shout	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 shout	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past · do-support	the Middle Bear					about Bear's porridge	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

"Somebody has been at my porridge, and my spoon is missing too!"

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 porridge	punct
2	Somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 porridge	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 porridge	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 porridge	cop
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 porridge	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 porridge	nmod:poss
7	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 missing	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 missing	cc
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 spoon	nmod:poss
11	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 missing	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 missing	cop
13	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 porridge	parataxis
14	too	too	ADV	_	13 missing	advmod
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 porridge	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 porridge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present · perfect	Somebody			my porridge			tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	my spoon					missing property	tree rules

Option 2

"Who has been eating all my porridge?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 eating	punct
2	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 eating	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eating	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 eating	aux
5	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 porridge	det:predet
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 porridge	nmod:poss
8	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eating	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 eating	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 eating	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat in a quote	present · perfect · progressive		my porridge					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent porridge=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

"Somebody has been at my porridge!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 porridge	punct
2	Somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 porridge	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 porridge	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 porridge	cop
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 porridge	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 porridge	nmod:poss
7	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 porridge	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 porridge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present · perfect	Somebody			my porridge			tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

"Somebody has been sitting on my chair!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct
2	Somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 sitting	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sitting	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 sitting	aux
5	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 chair	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 chair	nmod:poss
8	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit in a quote	present · perfect · progressive	Somebody			my chair			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location

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