Test 4 · ★ · Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb…

Wait, why didn't Guleesh bring her home to his da?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Guleesh · What happens: wait, not bring · To what, where: home, da

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1985 «Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bring	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 bring	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 bring	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 bring	advmod
6	Guleesh	Guleesh	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 bring	nsubj
7	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 home	nmod:poss
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bring	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 da	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 da	nmod:poss
12	da	da	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bring	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not bring	past · do-support	Guleesh	Guleesh's home		his da			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent home=Theme to da=Destination

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

His lot would take the piss out of her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 lot	nmod:poss
2	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 take	aux
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 piss	det
6	piss	piss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	9 her	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	7 out	fixed
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	would	His lot	the piss					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument piss=Theme her=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Cos his family would not believe it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	6 believe	mark
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 family	nmod:poss
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 believe	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 believe	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 believe	advmod
6	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 believe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not believe	would	his family	it					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

Cos his whole family would have laughed at her and made her life a total misery

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	7 laughed	mark
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 family	nmod:poss
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 family	amod
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 laughed	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 laughed	aux
6	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 laughed	aux
7	laughed	laugh	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 made	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 laughed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 made	cc
11	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 made	obj
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 misery	det
15	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 misery	amod
16	misery	misery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	would · perfect	his whole family					at her = she	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	past		family					tree rules

Option 4

Because his ma would have fussed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 fussed	mark
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 ma	nmod:poss
3	ma	ma	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fussed	nsubj:pass
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 fussed	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 fussed	aux
6	fussed	fuss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fuss	would · perfect · passive		his ma					tree rules

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