Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is e…

ngl the Earl was mad, how did he say he would sort the dove out?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: be, say, sort out · To what, where: dove · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1966 «English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is eaten, and the dove flies to the queen» 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mad	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Earl	det
3	Earl	Earl	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 ngl	appos
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	cop
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 say	advmod
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 say	aux
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 say	nsubj
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 mad	parataxis
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sort	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 sort	aux
13	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 say	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dove	det
15	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sort	obj
16	out	out	ADP	_	13 sort	compound:prt
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 mad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	ngl		mad property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	ngl			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	sort out	would	ngl	the dove		vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dove=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

lock it up in a tower forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lock	lock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 lock	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 lock	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 tower	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tower	det
6	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lock	obl
7	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 lock	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock up	imperative	you not said here	it		a tower		forever property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

wring its neck and bury it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	wring	wring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 neck	nmod:poss
3	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wring	appos
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 bury	cc
5	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wring	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bury	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	infinitive		neck					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

throw it out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 throw	obj
3	out	out	ADP	_	1 throw	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw out	imperative	you not said here	it					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

twist its neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	twist	twist	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 neck	nmod:poss
3	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 twist	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twist	imperative	you not said here	its neck					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent neck=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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