Test 12 · ★ · Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom m…

Did Tom just ask the wolf nicely to leave, or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom · What happens: ask, leave · To what, where: wolf

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2021 «Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom makes the princess laugh twice and sends off the wolf» 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 ask	aux
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ask	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 ask	advmod
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obj
7	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	4 ask	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 leave	mark
9	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ask	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 what	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 what	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 ask	ccomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · do-support	Tom	the wolf				nicely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient
2	leave	to-infinitive	Tom not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

He asked the wolf politely to leave, then spat in his fist and waved his club over it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
5	politely	politely	ADV	_	2 asked	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 leave	mark
7	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 spat	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 spat	advmod
10	spat	spat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 leave	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 fist	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 fist	nmod:poss
13	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spat	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 waved	cc
15	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	conj
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 club	nmod:poss
17	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 waved	obj
18	over	over	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 waved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He	the wolf			politely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient clause=Topic
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	spat	infinitive			his fist	then		vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wave	past	He not said here	his club	club			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He spat in his fist and waved his club

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spat	nsubj
2	spat	spat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 fist	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fist	nmod:poss
5	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spat	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 waved	cc
7	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spat	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 club	nmod:poss
9	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spat	past	He			his fist			vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wave	past	He not said here	his club					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient

Option 3

He yelled and swung his stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 yelled	nsubj
2	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 swung	cc
4	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 yelled	conj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 stick	nmod:poss
6	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swung	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	past	He						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	swing	past	He not said here	his stick					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stick=Theme

Option 4

He spat in his fist and waved his club at the wolf until it ran off

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spat	nsubj
2	spat	spat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 fist	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fist	nmod:poss
5	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spat	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 waved	cc
7	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spat	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 club	nmod:poss
9	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waved	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 wolf	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wolf	det
12	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waved	obl
13	until	until	SCONJ	_	15 ran	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 ran	nsubj
15	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 waved	advcl
16	off	off	ADP	_	15 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	spat	past	He		his fist	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wave	past	He not said here	his club	the wolf	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient
3	run off	past	club			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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