Test 6 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack…

wait, the lady made him show her a hanky, why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, lady, him · What happens: wait, make, show · To what, where: him, hanky, lady

This is test 6 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lady	det
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	xcomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 show	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hanky	det
10	hanky	hanky	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 show	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 why	punct
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 wait	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	past	the lady	him = he		tree rules
3	show	infinitive	him = he not said here	a hanky	lady	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient hanky=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

cos if he didn't show it he'd lose his head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	nsubj
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 show	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 show	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 show	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 show	advmod
6	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 show	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lose	nsubj
9	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 lose	aux
10	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 show	ccomp
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 head	nmod:poss
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not show	past · do-support	cos	it					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
2	lose	would	cos	cos's head					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality

Option 2

cos she was testing his true love loyally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 testing	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 testing	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 testing	aux
4	testing	test	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 love	nmod:poss
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 love	amod
7	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 testing	obj
8	loyally	loyally	ADV	_	4 testing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	past · progressive	cos	his true love				loyally property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Theme
2	love		his = he						nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

cos if he didn't show it he'd lose his head and she'd keep the castle for herself forever and ever

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	nsubj
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 show	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 show	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 show	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 show	advmod
6	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 show	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lose	nsubj
9	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 lose	aux
10	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 show	ccomp
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 head	nmod:poss
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lose	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 keep	cc
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 keep	nsubj
15	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 keep	aux
16	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 show	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 castle	det
18	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 keep	obj
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 herself	case
20	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 keep	obl
21	forever	forever	ADV	_	16 keep	advmod
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 ever	cc
23	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	21 forever	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not show	past · do-support	cos	it		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
2	lose	would	cos	cos's head		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality
3	keep	would	she	the castle	for herself = she; forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme

Option 4

cos if he didn't show it he'd lose his head and she'd keep him as her servant

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	nsubj
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 show	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 show	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 show	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 show	advmod
6	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 show	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lose	nsubj
9	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 lose	aux
10	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 show	ccomp
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 head	nmod:poss
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lose	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 keep	cc
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 keep	nsubj
15	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 keep	aux
16	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 show	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 keep	obj
18	as	as	ADP	_	20 servant	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 servant	nmod:poss
20	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not show	past · do-support	cos	it		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
2	lose	would	cos	cos's head		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality
3	keep	would	she	cos	as her servant	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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