Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's…

Yo, that uncle was proper sus, innit? What did he plan for them babes?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, he · What happens: be, innit, plan · To what, where: proper sus

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» 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

Sentence 1: Yo, that uncle was proper sus, innit?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	7 sus	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 uncle	det
4	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sus	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sus	cop
6	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sus	amod
7	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 sus	parataxis
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 sus	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	that uncle	proper sus					tree rules
2	innit	infinitive							tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: What did he plan for them babes?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 plan	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 plan	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 plan	nsubj
4	plan	plan	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 babes	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 babes	nsubj
7	babes	babe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plan	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 plan	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	past · do-support	he					for babes	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Make them both disappear forever in the wood, bruv, and sort out the cash

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Make	obj
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 disappear	nsubj
4	disappear	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Make	parataxis
5	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 disappear	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 wood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wood	det
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disappear	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bruv	punct
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wood	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sort	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sort	cc
13	sort	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Make	parataxis
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 sort	compound:prt
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cash	det
16	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sort	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	them = they			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product
2	disappear	present	both		the wood and bruv	forever property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sort out	present		the cash			vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Theme

Option 2

Send them off to London, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Send	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	1 Send	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 London	case
5	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Send	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bruv	punct
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Send	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send off	imperative	you not said here	them = they	London				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to london=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Make them both away, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Make	obj
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 them	appos
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Make	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bruv	punct
6	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make away	imperative	you not said here	them = they				away property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product

Option 4

Make them both away proper, bruv, and get the whole lot of their gold

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Make	obj
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 them	appos
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Make	advmod
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Make	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bruv	punct
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 proper	vocative
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 get	cc
10	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Make	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lot	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lot	amod
13	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 get	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 gold	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 gold	nmod:poss
16	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make away	imperative	you not said here	them = they				away, proper property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product
2	get	infinitive		the whole lot of their gold					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=Stimulus

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