Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets hi…
Ain't it mint that Dick gave the cook a present, though?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ai, Dick · What happens: not mint, give · To what, where: present, cook
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | Ai | ai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mint | nsubj |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 mint | advmod |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mint | nsubj |
| 4 | mint | mint | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 gave | mark |
| 6 | Dick | Dick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | nsubj |
| 7 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 mint | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cook | det |
| 9 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | iobj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 present | det |
| 11 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 though | punct |
| 13 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 4 mint | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mint | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mint | infinitive | Ai | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | give | past | Dick | a present | the cook | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent cook=Recipient present=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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, even the ill-natured old cook got one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 10 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 got | punct |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 got | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cook | det |
| 5 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 natured | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 ill | punct |
| 7 | natured | natured | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cook | amod |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cook | amod |
| 9 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 got | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the natured old cook | one | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he gave presents to nobody at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 nobody | case |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 gave | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | presents | nobody | all | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent present=Theme to nobody=Recipient at all=Asset |
Option 3
Nah, he gave presents to nobody, not even the captain or the servants of the house
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 nobody | case |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 gave | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 captain | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 captain | advmod |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 captain | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 captain | det |
| 12 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 nobody | appos |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 servants | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 servants | det |
| 15 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 captain | conj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 house | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 house | det |
| 18 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 servants | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | presents | nobody | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent present=Theme to nobody=Recipient |
Option 4
Yeah, even the ill-natured old cook got one, and the captain got a fine present as well
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 10 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 got | punct |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 got | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cook | det |
| 5 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 natured | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 ill | punct |
| 7 | natured | natured | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cook | amod |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cook | amod |
| 9 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 got | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 got | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 got | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 got | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 captain | det |
| 15 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 got | nsubj |
| 16 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 got | conj |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 present | det |
| 18 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 present | amod |
| 19 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 got | obj |
| 20 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 16 got | advmod |
| 21 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 20 as | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the natured old cook | one | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | get | past | the captain | a fine present | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer present=Stimulus |
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