Test 3 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack…

bruv how did Jack trick his uncle into hiding?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bruv · What happens: trick, hide · To what, where: uncle

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1958 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack outwits a second giant and finds the captives» 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trick	nsubj
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 trick	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 trick	aux
4	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 trick	nsubj
5	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 uncle	nmod:poss
7	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trick	obj
8	into	into	SCONJ	_	9 hiding	mark
9	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 trick	advcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 trick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past · do-support	bruv	Jack's uncle					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uncle=Patient
2	hide	gerund	bruv not said here						vn concealment-16-1 «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

he shouted at him

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	he					at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

he told him the knights were marching with a huge army

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 knights	det
5	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 marching	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 marching	aux
7	marching	march	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 told	ccomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 army	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 army	det
10	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 army	amod
11	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 marching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	he		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	march	past · progressive	the knights					with a huge army	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he said the prince was coming with a thousand men

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coming	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 coming	aux
6	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 said	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 men	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 thousand	det
9	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 men	nummod
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come	past · progressive	the prince					with thousand men	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

he claimed a dragon was coming with fire

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 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dragon	det
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coming	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 coming	aux
6	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 claimed	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 fire	case
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come	past · progressive	a dragon					with fire	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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