Test 6 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the…

cos seriously, who's the nut bit even for

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: cos, be · To what, where: nut bit

This is test 6 · ★ 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	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	1 cos	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bit	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 bit	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bit	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bit	det
7	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bit	compound
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cos	obl
9	even	even	ADV	_	10 for	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	8 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here					seriously property	tree rules
2	is a	present		the nut bit					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

To pay the miller for grinding the corn today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pay	mark
2	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 miller	det
4	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pay	obj
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 grinding	mark
6	grinding	grind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pay	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 corn	det
8	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grinding	obj
9	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grinding	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	to-infinitive		the miller					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent miller=Asset
2	grind	gerund		the corn			today		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Patient

Option 2

To answer the princess's question about the stick, which he had found in the hall earlier and tied up

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 answer	mark
2	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 question	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 princess	case
6	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answer	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 stick	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stick	det
9	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answer	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 found	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 found	nsubj:pass
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 found	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 found	aux
14	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 stick	acl:relcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 hall	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hall	det
17	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 found	obl
18	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 found	advmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 tied	cc
20	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 found	conj
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 tied	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive		the princess's question		about the stick	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality
2	find	past · perfect · passive		the stick	the hall	early property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
3	tie up	participle					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	question		the princess				nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

To use as a weapon against the king's guards if they try to chase him down the road

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 use	mark
2	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 try	advcl
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 weapon	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 weapon	det
5	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obl
6	against	against	ADP	_	10 guards	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 guards	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	obl
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 try	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 try	nsubj
13	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	to	to	PART	_	15 chase	mark
15	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 try	xcomp
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 chase	obj
17	down	down	ADP	_	15 chase	compound:prt
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 road	det
19	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 chase	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	to-infinitive	guards = guard not said here		as a weapon; against the king's guards	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	try	present	guards = guard			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	chase down not said to happen	to-infinitive	guards = guard not said here	king		tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To answer the princess's question about the stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 answer	mark
2	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 question	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 princess	case
6	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answer	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 stick	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stick	det
9	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive		the princess's question				about the stick	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality
2	question		the princess						nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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