Test 2 · ★ · Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, part 27: Dick's cat wi…

Bruv, what did the cook do when she was gutted about no meat?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bruv · What happens: do, gut · To what, where: cook, Bruv

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1968 «Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, part 27: Dick's cat wins his place at court across the sea» 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	11 gutted	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Bruv	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 gutted	aux
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 gutted	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gutted	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 gutted	aux:pass
11	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 meat	case
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 meat	det
14	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gutted	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Bruv	the cook					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cook=Eventuality
2	gut	present · passive · do-support		Bruv				about no meat	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source

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

She hit Dick with a ladle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hit	nsubj
2	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 ladle	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ladle	det
6	ladle	ladle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	She	Dick				with a ladle	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent dick=Patient with ladle=Instrument

Option 2

She locked Dick in the cellar and got a broom to clean the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 locked	nsubj
2	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 locked	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cellar	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cellar	det
6	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 locked	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 got	cc
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 locked	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 broom	det
10	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 clean	mark
12	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 got	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 floor	det
14	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 clean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	lock	past	She	Dick	the cellar	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dick=Patient
2	get	past	She not said here	a broom		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer broom=Stimulus
3	clean	to-infinitive	She not said here	the floor		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent floor=Patient

Option 3

She took the broom and whacked Dick all round the kitchen until he cried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 broom	det
4	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 whacked	cc
6	whacked	whack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
7	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 whacked	obj
8	all	all	ADV	_	11 kitchen	advmod
9	round	round	ADP	_	11 kitchen	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kitchen	det
11	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whacked	obl
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 cried	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 cried	nsubj
14	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 whacked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take	past	She	the broom		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent broom=Theme
2	whack	past	She not said here	Dick	round the kitchen	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dick=Patient
3	cry speech: express	past	Dick			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She basted Dick with a broom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 basted	nsubj
2	basted	baste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 basted	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 broom	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 broom	det
6	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 basted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	baste	past	She	Dick				with a broom	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent dick=Patient with broom=Co-Patient

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