Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Ass, the Table, and the Stick: Ja…

What's the ass's party trick, innit?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, innit · To what, where: party trick

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1973 «English Fairy Tales, The Ass, the Table, and the Stick: Jack gets three magic gifts, loses two, and wins his sweetheart» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 trick	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 trick	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ass	det
4	ass	ass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trick	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 ass	case
6	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trick	compound
7	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 trick	parataxis
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 trick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the ass's party trick					tree rules
2	innit	infinitive							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

It pooped out money when he yanked its ears, every single time, innit

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pooped	nsubj
2	pooped	poop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 pooped	compound:prt
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pooped	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 yanked	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 yanked	nsubj
7	yanked	yank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pooped	advcl
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 ears	nmod:poss
9	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 yanked	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 time	punct
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 time	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 time	amod
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pooped	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
15	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 time	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poop out	past	It	money					tree rules
2	yank	past	he	money's ears					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent ear=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It just brays and farts loud, nothing special, but it has a nice coat

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 brays	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 brays	advmod
3	brays	bray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 farts	cc
5	farts	fart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 brays	conj
6	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 farts	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 nothing	punct
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 loud	conj
9	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nothing	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 has	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 has	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 has	nsubj
13	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 brays	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 coat	det
15	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 coat	amod
16	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bray	present	It			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fart	present			loud property	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	have	present	it	a nice coat		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It pooped out money when he yanked its ears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pooped	nsubj
2	pooped	poop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 pooped	compound:prt
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pooped	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 yanked	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 yanked	nsubj
7	yanked	yank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pooped	advcl
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 ears	nmod:poss
9	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 yanked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poop out	past	It	money					tree rules
2	yank	past	he	money's ears					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent ear=Patient

Option 4

It does tricks for the kids all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 does	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 kids	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kids	det
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 does	obl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	It	tricks			day	for the kids	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality

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