Test 11 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's…
What's the moral, though? Like, why should we care?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: we · What happens: be, care · To what, where: moral
This is test 11 · ★ 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: What's the moral, though?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 moral | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 moral | det |
| 4 | moral | moral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 though | punct |
| 6 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the moral | 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: Like, why should we care?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | INTJ | _ | 6 care | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Like | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 care | advmod |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 care | aux |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 care | nsubj |
| 6 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 care | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | should | we | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Look after kids, don't be a rat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 3 kids | case |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Look | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Look | conj |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 rat | advmod |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 rat | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 rat | det |
| 9 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | after kids | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | do | infinitive | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not is a | infinitive | a rat | tree rules |
Option 2
Care for babes, don't be mean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 babes | case |
| 3 | babes | babe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Care | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Care | punct |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Care | acl |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 mean | advmod |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 mean | cop |
| 8 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 do | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | infinitive | Care for babes not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is | infinitive | Care for babes not said here | mean property | tree rules |
Option 3
Don't steal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 steal | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 steal | advmod |
| 3 | steal | steal | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not steal | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Mind your kids, don't be cruel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mind | mind | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 kids | nmod:poss |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Mind | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Mind | conj |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 cruel | advmod |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 cruel | cop |
| 8 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 do | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mind | imperative | you not said here | your kids | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do | infinitive | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not is | infinitive | you not said here | cruel property | tree rules |
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