Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child…

Ay, the thief got sorted, didn't he, did he tell where the dosh was?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he, dosh · What happens: sort, not tell, be · To what, where: thief · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 221 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child judges a thief, then a magic horse appears» 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	Ay	ay	INTJ	_	6 sorted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ay	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thief	det
4	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sorted	nsubj:pass
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sorted	aux:pass
6	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 tell	punct
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 tell	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 tell	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 tell	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 he	punct
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 tell	aux
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 tell	nsubj
14	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sorted	parataxis
15	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 was	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 dosh	det
17	dosh	dosh	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 was	nsubj
18	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 tell	ccomp
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 sorted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sort	past · passive		the thief	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not tell speech: assert	past · do-support	he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	be	past	the dosh		vn exist-47.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he spilled the beans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 spilled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 spilled	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spilled	nsubj
4	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beans	det
6	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spilled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spill	past	he	the beans					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bean=Theme

Option 2

Nah, he kept it schtum mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	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 kept	obj
6	schtum	schtum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mate	compound
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Nah, he didn't

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 did	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	past	he						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yeah, he grassed on his mates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 grassed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 grassed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grassed	nsubj
4	grassed	grass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 mates	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mates	nmod:poss
7	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grassed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grass	past	he			his mates			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

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