Test 8 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the…

mate, what's the vibe when the king's all nearly sus about the fish

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, king · What happens: be · To what, where: vibe

This is test 8 · ★ 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 vibe	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 vibe	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 vibe	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vibe	det
6	vibe	vibe	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 mate	conj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 sus	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sus	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sus	cop
11	all	all	ADV	_	13 sus	advmod
12	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	13 sus	advmod
13	sus	suspect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 vibe	advcl
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 fish	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 fish	det
16	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sus	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	mate and the vibe	the vibe					tree rules
2	is	present	the king					about the fish; all, nearly, suspect property	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 · ✓ the right answer

He's well narked but has to go along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 narked	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 narked	aux
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 narked	advmod
4	narked	nark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 has	cc
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 narked	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 go	mark
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 has	xcomp
9	along	along	ADV	_	8 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	nark	present · passive	He	well property	tree rules
2	have	present	He not said here		tree rules
3	go along	to-infinitive	He not said here	along property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He's really angry, but he cannot refuse, since the court expects him to follow the rules

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 angry	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 angry	advmod
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 refuse	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 refuse	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 refuse	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 refuse	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 refuse	advmod
10	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 angry	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 expects	punct
12	since	since	SCONJ	_	15 expects	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 court	det
14	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 expects	nsubj
15	expects	expect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 refuse	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 expects	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 follow	mark
18	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 expects	xcomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 rules	det
20	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 follow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		angry property	tree rules
2	not refuse	can	he			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	expect	present	the court	him = he		tree rules
4	follow not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	the rules		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

Option 3

He's cross but still feels bound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cross	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	cop
3	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 feels	cc
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 feels	advmod
6	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	conj
7	bound	bound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feels	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					cross property	tree rules
2	feel	present	He not said here				still	bound property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

He's pleased and keen to join

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pleased	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pleased	cop
3	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 keen	cc
5	keen	keen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pleased	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 join	mark
7	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 keen	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	pleased property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here		tree rules
3	join	to-infinitive	He not said here		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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