Test 1 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires hims…

bro, did Jack really eat the goose's whole side before dinner, like no cap?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: do, eat · To what, where: Jack, whole side

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2014 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires himself to the Gray Churl and turns every order against him» 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 eat	advmod
6	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 goose	det
8	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 side	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 goose	case
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 side	amod
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eat	obl
12	before	before	ADP	_	13 dinner	case
13	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eat	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cap	punct
15	like	like	ADP	_	17 cap	case
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 cap	det
17	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eat	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	bro	Jack					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jack=Eventuality
2	eat	present		the goose's whole side			before dinner		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Yeah, he carved a neck and a wing, then sat down to eat

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 carved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 carved	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carved	nsubj
4	carved	carve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 neck	det
6	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carved	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wing	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 wing	det
9	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 neck	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sat	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 sat	advmod
12	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 carved	conj
13	down	down	ADP	_	12 sat	compound:prt
14	to	to	PART	_	15 eat	mark
15	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 sat	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	carve	past	he	a neck and a wing		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Theme
2	sit down	past	he not said here		then	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	eat	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nope, he cut the leg off, then just fell to the stew

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 cut	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cut	nsubj
4	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 leg	det
6	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cut	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	4 cut	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fell	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 fell	advmod
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 fell	advmod
11	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 stew	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stew	det
14	stew	stew	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut off	past	he	the leg					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector leg=Eventuality
2	fall	past	he not said here				then	to the stew	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to stew=Theme

Option 3

Nah, he just nibbled a wing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 nibbled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 nibbled	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 nibbled	advmod
5	nibbled	nibble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wing	det
7	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nibbled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nibble	past	he	a wing					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he cut off a breast, a leg, and a wing, then just fell to

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 cut	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cut	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cut	nsubj
4	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 cut	compound:prt
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 breast	det
7	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cut	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 leg	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 leg	det
10	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 breast	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wing	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wing	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 wing	det
14	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cut	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 fell	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 fell	advmod
17	just	just	ADV	_	18 fell	advmod
18	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	18 fell	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut off	past	he	a breast and a leg				a wing obl	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector breast=Eventuality
2	fall	past	he not said here				then		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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