Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the…
bruv, the king's gonna behead Jack if he nods off, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bruv, gonna · What happens: behead, nod off · To what, where: Jack
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 behead | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 behead | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gonna | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 king | case |
| 6 | gonna | gonna | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 behead | nsubj |
| 7 | behead | behead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 behead | obj |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 nods | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 nods | nsubj |
| 11 | nods | nod | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 behead | advcl |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 nods | compound:prt |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 nods | punct |
| 14 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 behead | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 behead | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behead | infinitive | bruv | Jack | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jack=Patient | ||||
| 2 | nod off a condition, not said to happen | present | gonna | vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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
Yeah, he'll be sent to the tower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 sent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 sent | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 sent | aux:pass |
| 6 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 tower | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tower | det |
| 9 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | future · passive | he | the tower | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to tower=Destination |
Option 2
Nah, he gets a fine instead, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gets | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fine | det |
| 6 | fine | fine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | obj |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 9 mate | case |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 instead | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | he | a fine | instead mate | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fine=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, the king said he'd only be sent back home if he stayed awake the night
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sent | nsubj |
| 7 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 sent | aux |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 sent | advmod |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 sent | aux:pass |
| 10 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 said | ccomp |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 home | advmod |
| 12 | home | home | ADV | _ | 10 sent | advmod |
| 13 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 stayed | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 stayed | nsubj |
| 15 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 sent | advcl |
| 16 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 stayed | xcomp |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 night | det |
| 18 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 stayed | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | send back | would · passive | king | home property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | stay a condition, not said to happen | past | king | night | awake property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, off goes his head, that's the deal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 goes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 goes | mark |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 head | nmod:poss |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 deal | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 deal | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 deal | cop |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 deal | det |
| 11 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | his head | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | that | the deal | tree rules |
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