Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland…
Bruv, did Childe Rowland actually scoff the bread and milk?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bruv, Childe · What happens: do, scoff · To what, where: bread
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1961 «English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland frees his sister and the Elfin King, then Molly Whuppie tricks a giant three times» 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 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Childe | Childe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 scoff | nsubj |
| 5 | Rowland | Rowland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Childe | flat |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 scoff | advmod |
| 7 | scoff | scoff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bread | det |
| 9 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scoff | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 milk | cc |
| 11 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bread | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Bruv | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | scoff | present | Childe | the bread and milk | actually property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |
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
Yeah, he gobbled the lot and then chucked the bowl at the giant's wife
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gobbled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gobbled | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gobbled | nsubj |
| 4 | gobbled | gobble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lot | det |
| 6 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gobbled | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 chucked | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 chucked | advmod |
| 9 | chucked | chuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gobbled | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bowl | det |
| 11 | bowl | bowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chucked | obj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 wife | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 giant | det |
| 14 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wife | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 giant | case |
| 16 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chucked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gobble | past | he | the lot | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | ||||
| 2 | chuck | past | he not said here | the bowl | then | at the giant's wife | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme at wife=Destination |
Option 2
Yeah, he scoffed it all up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 scoffed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 scoffed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 scoffed | nsubj |
| 4 | scoffed | scoff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 scoffed | obj |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 up | advmod |
| 7 | up | up | ADV | _ | 4 scoffed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scoff | past | he | it | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he chucked the bowl on the floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 chucked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chucked | nsubj |
| 4 | chucked | chuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bowl | det |
| 6 | bowl | bowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chucked | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 floor | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 floor | det |
| 9 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chucked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck | past | he | the bowl | the floor | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme on floor=Destination |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he didn't eat a bite, he smashed the bowl on the ground
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 eat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 eat | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 eat | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 eat | advmod |
| 6 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bite | det |
| 8 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eat | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 smashed | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 smashed | nsubj |
| 11 | smashed | smash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 eat | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 bowl | det |
| 13 | bowl | bowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 smashed | obj |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 ground | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 ground | det |
| 16 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 smashed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not eat | past · do-support | he | a bite | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bite=Patient | ||||
| 2 | smash | past | he | the bowl | the ground | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme on ground=Destination |
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