Test 9 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the puddi…

my nan says the tinker nicked the pudding, is that right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, tinker, that · What happens: say, nick, be · To what, where: pudding · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nan	nmod:poss
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tinker	det
5	tinker	tinker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nicked	nsubj
6	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pudding	det
8	pudding	pudding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nicked	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 right	cop
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 right	nsubj
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my nan			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	nick	past	the tinker	the pudding		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pudding=Patient
3	is	present	that		right property	tree rules

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

yeah he grabbed it and legged it with it in his budget

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 grabbed	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grabbed	nsubj
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grabbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 legged	cc
6	legged	leg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grabbed	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 legged	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 legged	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 budget	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 budget	nmod:poss
12	budget	budget	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 legged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grab	past	he	it			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	leg	past	he not said here	it	his budget	with it	tree rules
3	budget		his = he				nom budget «possession intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

yeah he grabbed it off the table and legged it straight out the door with it in his budget, proper

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 grabbed	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grabbed	nsubj
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grabbed	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 table	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 table	det
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grabbed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 legged	cc
9	legged	leg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grabbed	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 legged	obj
11	straight	straight	ADV	_	12 out	advmod
12	out	out	ADV	_	9 legged	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 door	det
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 legged	obl:unmarked
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 legged	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 budget	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 budget	nmod:poss
19	budget	budget	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 legged	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 proper	punct
21	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grabbed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grab	past	he	it	the table		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme off table=Source
2	leg	past	he not said here	table	his budget	with door; the door obl:unmarked; out property	tree rules
3	budget		his = he				nom budget «possession intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

nah he didn't nick it, he tricked the cook and then legged it with it in his big budget, innit

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 nick	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 nick	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nick	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 nick	advmod
5	nick	nick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 nick	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tricked	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tricked	nsubj
9	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nick	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cook	det
11	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tricked	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 legged	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 legged	advmod
14	legged	leg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 tricked	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 legged	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 legged	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 budget	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 budget	nmod:poss
20	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 budget	amod
21	budget	budget	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 legged	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 innit	punct
23	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 budget	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not nick	past · do-support	he	it				vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	trick	past	he	the cook				vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cook=Patient
3	leg	past	he not said here	cook	his big budget and innit	then	with cook	tree rules
4	budget		his = he					nom budget «possession intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

yeah he grabbed it and ran off with it, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 grabbed	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grabbed	nsubj
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grabbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ran	cc
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grabbed	conj
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 ran	compound:prt
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ran	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 innit	punct
11	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 grabbed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grab	past	he	it		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	run off	past	he not said here		with it	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with it=Material
3	innit	infinitive	he not said here			tree rules

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