Test 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar…

did he forget about his mates back home after getting rich?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: forget, get

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 249 «English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar dreams of London Bridge and finds a treasure at home» 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	3 forget	aux
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forget	nsubj
3	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 mates	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mates	nmod:poss
6	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forget	obl
7	back	back	ADV	_	8 home	advmod
8	home	home	ADV	_	3 forget	advmod
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 getting	mark
10	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 forget	advcl
11	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 getting	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 forget	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past · do-support	he					about his mates; home property	tree rules
2	get	gerund	he not said here					rich property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Nah, he built the church again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	he	the church			again		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Product

Option 2

Nah, he moved to London town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 moved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 moved	nsubj
4	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 town	case
6	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 town	compound
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	he			London town			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to town=Trajectory

Option 3

Yeah, he ignored them all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ignored	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ignored	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ignored	nsubj
4	ignored	ignore	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 ignored	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 them	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	he	them = they					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

Nah, he gave a bit of it to the church and then moved to London to live in luxury

The tree, 19 words

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bit	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 church	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 church	det
11	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 moved	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 moved	advmod
14	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 London	case
16	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 moved	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 live	mark
18	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 moved	xcomp
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 luxury	case
20	luxury	luxury	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	give	past	he	a bit of bit	the church			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bit=Theme to church=Recipient
2	move	past	he not said here		London		then	tree rules
3	live	to-infinitive	he not said here			luxury		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in luxury=Location

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