Test 1 · ★ · Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant: the Giant learns to love,…

wait, the Giant was proper mean to the kids, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Giant · What happens: wait, mean

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2035 «Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant: the Giant learns to love, frees the children, and dies under the blossoming tree» 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 mean	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Giant	det
4	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mean	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mean	aux
6	proper	properly	ADV	_	7 mean	advmod
7	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	parataxis
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 kids	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kids	det
10	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mean	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mean	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse
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	mean	past	the Giant					to the kids; properly property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to kid=Attribute

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 told them to go away now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	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 told	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 go	mark
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	he		them = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	go away not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here				now	away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, he shouted at them and built a massive wall to keep them out forever

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 shouted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shouted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	nsubj
4	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 built	cc
8	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shouted	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 wall	det
10	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wall	amod
11	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 built	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 keep	mark
13	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 built	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 keep	obj
15	out	out	ADP	_	13 keep	compound:prt
16	forever	forever	ADV	_	13 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	he		at them = they	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	build	past	he not said here	a massive wall		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wall=Product
3	keep out	to-infinitive	he not said here	them = they	forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he shouted at them to get out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 shouted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shouted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	nsubj
4	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 get	mark
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 shouted	advcl
9	out	out	ADV	_	8 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	he					at them = they	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get out	to-infinitive	he not said here					out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

yeah, he shouted at them and threw stones at the poor children in the garden

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 shouted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shouted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	nsubj
4	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 threw	cc
8	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shouted	conj
9	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 threw	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 children	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 children	det
12	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 children	amod
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 threw	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 garden	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 garden	det
16	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	he					at them = they	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	throw	past	he not said here	stones		the garden		at the poor children	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at child=Destination

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