Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the…

bruv, why was everyone so buzzed at the feast after the rescue?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, buzz · To what, where: everyone

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1959 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the captives, beats the two-headed giant Thunderdell, then wins a duke's daughter from a giant and conjurer» 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	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 everyone	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 everyone	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 everyone	cop
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 bruv	conj
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 buzzed	advmod
7	buzzed	buzz	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 everyone	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 feast	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feast	det
10	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buzzed	obl
11	after	after	ADP	_	13 rescue	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rescue	det
13	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feast	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 bruv	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		everyone					tree rules
2	buzz	participle						at the feast after the rescue	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at feast=Stimulus

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

cos the giant had promised them a feast if they behaved and waited quietly in the pen

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giant	det
3	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 promised	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 promised	aux
5	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 cos	ccomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 cos	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 feast	det
8	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cos	obl
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 behaved	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 behaved	nsubj
11	behaved	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 waited	cc
13	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 behaved	conj
14	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	13 waited	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 pen	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pen	det
17	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here	them = they		a feast obl	tree rules
2	promise speech: promise	past · perfect · passive		the giant			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
3	behave a condition, not said to happen	past	they				vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
4	wait	past	they not said here		the pen	quietly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pen=Location

Option 2

cos the king gave them all gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 gave	reparandum
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	iobj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 gold	det
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive							tree rules
2	give	past	the king	all gold	them = they				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient gold=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

cos they'd just been let out of the giant's pen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	nsubj:pass
3	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 let	aux
4	just	just	ADV	_	6 let	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 let	aux:pass
6	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 cos	acl:relcl
7	out	out	ADP	_	12 pen	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 pen	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 giant	det
10	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pen	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 giant	case
12	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let out	past · perfect · passive	cos not said here	they		the giant's pen			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient pen=Theme

Option 4

cos they got free grub and ale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 got	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grub	amod
5	grub	grub	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ale	cc
7	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grub	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	they	free grub and ale					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grub=Stimulus

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