Test 3 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets hi…

Bruv, was Dick actually a skivvy before the big reveal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dick · What happens: be · To what, where: skivvy

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 skivvy	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 skivvy	cop
4	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 skivvy	nsubj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 skivvy	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 skivvy	det
7	skivvy	skivvy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	before	before	ADP	_	11 reveal	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reveal	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 reveal	amod
11	reveal	reveal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skivvy	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 skivvy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Dick	a skivvy			before the big reveal	Bruv vocative; actually 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 was scouring pots for the cook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 scouring	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 scouring	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 scouring	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 scouring	aux
5	scouring	scour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scouring	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 cook	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cook	det
9	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scouring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scour	past · progressive	he	pots				for the cook	vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pot=Location for cook=Theme

Option 2

Nah, he was sweeping the stables

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 sweeping	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sweeping	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sweeping	aux
5	sweeping	sweep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stables	det
7	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sweeping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	past · progressive	he	the stables					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stable=Trajectory

Option 3

Nah, he was a rich lad from the countryside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 lad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lad	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lad	det
6	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lad	amod
7	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 countryside	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 countryside	det
10	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lad	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a rich lad		the countryside			tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, he was a skivvy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 skivvy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 skivvy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 skivvy	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 skivvy	det
6	skivvy	skivvy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a skivvy					tree rules

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