Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets hi…
Dude, why did the king want the cat so bad?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dude · What happens: do, want · To what, where: king, cat
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1969 «English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets his riches, marries Alice, and a new tale begins» 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 | Dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 want | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 did | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Dude | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cat | det |
| 9 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 want | obj |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 bad | advmod |
| 11 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 want | xcomp |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the king | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | want | present | Dude | the cat | bad property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot cat=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
He wanted a pet for his daughter who loved cats more than anything in the palace
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 pet | det |
| 4 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 daughter | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 7 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obl |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 loved | nsubj |
| 9 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 daughter | acl:relcl |
| 10 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 loved | obj |
| 11 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 wanted | advmod |
| 12 | than | than | ADP | _ | 13 anything | case |
| 13 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 more | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 palace | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 palace | det |
| 16 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 anything | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | a pet | for pet's daughter | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pet=Theme | |||
| 2 | love | past | pet's daughter | cats | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus |
Option 2
Her kittens would fetch a lot of gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 kittens | nmod:poss |
| 2 | kittens | kitten | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fetch | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fetch | aux |
| 4 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lot | det |
| 6 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fetch | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 gold | case |
| 8 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lot | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fetch | would | Her kittens | a lot of gold | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |
Option 3
Her kittens would keep the whole country rat-free for ever and ever, innit
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 kittens | nmod:poss |
| 2 | kittens | kitten | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 keep | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 keep | aux |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 free | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 free | amod |
| 7 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 free | nsubj |
| 8 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 free | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 free | punct |
| 10 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 keep | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 ever | case |
| 12 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 10 free | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 ever | cc |
| 14 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 12 ever | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 keep | punct |
| 16 | innit | innit | INTJ | _ | 4 keep | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | would | Her kittens | the whole rat free | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Her kittens would keep the country rat-free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 kittens | nmod:poss |
| 2 | kittens | kitten | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 keep | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 keep | aux |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 country | det |
| 6 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keep | obj |
| 7 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keep | xcomp |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 rat | punct |
| 9 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | would | Her kittens | the country | free property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme |
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