Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Apples, part 22: J…

Gutted for his dad, wasn't he?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gutted dad · What happens: gut, not be · To what, where: he

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 255 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Apples, part 22: Jack sneaks past the sleeping monsters, steals the apples, and heads 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	Gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dad	amod
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 dad	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 he	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dad	punct
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 he	cop
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 he	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 he	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	participle							vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	past	his Gutted dad	he					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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, his mum was ill and wanted the gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 ill	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ill	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ill	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ill	cop
6	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wanted	cc
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ill	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gold	det
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	his mum					ill property	tree rules
2	want	past	his mum not said here	the gold					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, his dad was sick and needed the apples

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sick	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sick	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sick	cop
6	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 needed	cc
8	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sick	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 apples	det
10	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 needed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	his dad					sick property	tree rules
2	need	past	his dad not said here	the apples					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot apple=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, his dad was sick and the apples were the only cure left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sick	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sick	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sick	cop
6	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cure	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 apples	det
9	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cure	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 cure	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cure	det
12	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cure	amod
13	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sick	conj
14	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 cure	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	his dad		sick property	tree rules
2	is a	past	the apples	the only cure		tree rules
3	leave	participle		the only cure not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, his dad was sick and proper poorly and needed those apples badly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sick	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sick	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sick	cop
6	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 proper	cc
8	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sick	conj
9	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	8 proper	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 needed	cc
11	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sick	conj
12	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	13 apples	det
13	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 needed	obj
14	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 needed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	his dad		sick property	tree rules
2	be		his dad not said here		poorly property	tree rules
3	need	past	his dad not said here	that apples	badly property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot apple=Theme

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