Test 8 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall t…
Did the porter let them in nice?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: porter · What happens: let · To what, where: them, nice
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 2003 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall tale and the gold returned» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 let | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 porter | det |
| 3 | porter | porter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 let | nsubj |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 let | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 nice | case |
| 7 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 let | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | past · do-support | the porter | them = they | nice | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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
Nah, he gave them a cross look and shut the door
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 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cross | det |
| 7 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 8 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 gave | advcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 shut | cc |
| 10 | shut | shut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 look | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 door | det |
| 12 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shut | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | a cross | them = they | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient cross=Theme | |||
| 2 | look | infinitive | he not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | shut | infinitive | he not said here | the door | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
Option 2
Yeah, he gave them a warm welcome
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | 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 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 welcome | det |
| 7 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 welcome | amod |
| 8 | welcome | welcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | a warm welcome | them = they | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient welcome=Theme |
Option 3
Nah, he slammed it shut
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 slammed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 slammed | nsubj |
| 4 | slammed | slam | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 slammed | obj |
| 6 | shut | shut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 slammed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slam | past | he | it | shut property | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he gave them a cross look
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 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cross | det |
| 7 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 8 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 gave | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | a cross | them = they | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient cross=Theme | |||
| 2 | look | infinitive | he not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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