Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the…
ok so Jack's mega bizarre, right? he's pulling fish out his pocket like a magician
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack · What happens: pull out · To what, where: fish
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 266 «English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the princess with an egg, a stick, a nut and fish» 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 | ok | ok | INTJ | _ | 6 bizarre | discourse |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 bizarre | advmod |
| 3 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 bizarre | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Jack | case |
| 5 | mega | mega | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bizarre | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bizarre | bizarre | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bizarre | punct |
| 8 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 6 bizarre | discourse |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 bizarre | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 pulling | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 pulling | aux |
| 12 | pulling | pull | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 bizarre | acl |
| 13 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pulling | obj |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 pulling | compound:prt |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 pocket | nmod:poss |
| 16 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pulling | obj | ||
| 17 | like | like | ADP | _ | 19 magician | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 magician | det |
| 19 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pulling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull out | present · progressive | Jack | fish | like a magician | 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
Nah, he's just a bit daft
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 daft | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 daft | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 daft | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 daft | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 daft | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | daft | daft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | a bit obl:unmarked; daft property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, he's weird but he always gets what he wants, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 weird | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 weird | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 weird | cop |
| 5 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 gets | cc |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 gets | advmod |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 weird | conj |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 wants | obj |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 wants | nsubj |
| 12 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 gets | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 innit | punct |
| 14 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 weird | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | weird property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | present | he | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | want | present | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he's just a magician, mate, nothing dodgy about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 magician | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 magician | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 magician | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 magician | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 magician | det |
| 7 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 magician | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 nothing | punct |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 magician | conj |
| 12 | dodgy | dodgy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 nothing | amod |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 it | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 dodgy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | a magician and mate | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he's a proper muppet but he's dead clever at winning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 muppet | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 muppet | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 muppet | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 muppet | det |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 muppet | amod |
| 7 | muppet | muppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 clever | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 clever | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 clever | cop |
| 11 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 clever | amod |
| 12 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 muppet | conj |
| 13 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 14 winning | mark |
| 14 | winning | win | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 clever | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | a proper muppet | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | clever property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | win | gerund | he not said here | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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