Test 9 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack…

so Jack chopped Lucifer's head off, like, actually?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack · What happens: chop off · To what, where: head

This is test 9 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	3 chopped	advmod
2	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 chopped	nsubj
3	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Lucifer	Lucifer	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 head	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Lucifer	case
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chopped	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	3 chopped	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct
9	like	like	INTJ	_	3 chopped	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct
11	actually	actually	ADV	_	9 like	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 chopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop off	past	Jack	Lucifer's head					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient

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

nah, he just hit him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 hit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hit	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 hit	advmod
5	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	he	him = he					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme

Option 2

nah, he sawed off a hand, and gave it to the lady

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sawed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sawed	nsubj
4	sawed	saw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 sawed	compound:prt
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hand	det
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sawed	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gave	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gave	cc
10	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sawed	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 gave	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 lady	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lady	det
14	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	saw off	past	he	a hand					vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	give	past	he not said here	hand	the lady				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to lady=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, under his coat, and then gave it to the prince

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 coat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 coat	punct
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 coat	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 coat	nmod:poss
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gave	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gave	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 gave	advmod
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 coat	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 prince	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 prince	det
13	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	his coat not said here	coat	the prince		then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to prince=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, with a sword, and then gave it to the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 sword	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sword	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 sword	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sword	det
5	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gave	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gave	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 gave	advmod
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sword	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 king	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	a sword not said here	sword	the king		then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to king=Recipient

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