Test 3 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's…
Wait, one ruffian got a change of heart, right? What got to him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, one ruffian, heart · What happens: wait, get, change · To what, where: change, ruffian
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Wait, one ruffian got a change of heart, right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 ruffian | nummod |
| 4 | ruffian | ruffian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 change | det |
| 7 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 heart | case |
| 9 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 change | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 11 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 1 Wait | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | 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 | get | past | one ruffian | a change of heart | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | change | heart | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent |
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 got to him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 him | case |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | obl |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | ruffian | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to he=Result |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Their pretty speech, proper mint
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 speech | nmod:poss |
| 2 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 speech | amod |
| 3 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 mint | punct |
| 5 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 mint | amod |
| 6 | mint | mint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 speech | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak | Their = they | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Their pretty speech and their cute little faces, proper mint, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 speech | nmod:poss |
| 2 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 speech | amod |
| 3 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 faces | cc |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 faces | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cute | cute | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 faces | amod |
| 7 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 faces | amod |
| 8 | faces | face | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 speech | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 mint | punct |
| 10 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 mint | amod |
| 11 | mint | mint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 speech | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 innit | punct |
| 13 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 speech | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak | Their = they | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
The babes' sweet chat, proper nice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 babes | det |
| 2 | babes | babe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chat | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 2 babes | case |
| 4 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 chat | amod |
| 5 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 nice | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 chat | punct |
| 7 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 nice | amod |
| 8 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chat | the babes | nom chat «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Their nice little voices, proper cool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 voices | nmod:poss |
| 2 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 voices | amod |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 voices | amod |
| 4 | voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 voices | punct |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cool | amod |
| 7 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 voices | amod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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