Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely o…

bruv what did the apes say when he walked past?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bruv, apes · What happens: do, say, walk · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 298 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely old man and a gift» 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	3 did	nsubj
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 apes	det
5	apes	ape	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 walked	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 walked	nsubj
9	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	ccomp
10	past	past	ADV	_	9 walked	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	bruv		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the apes		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	walk	past	bruv	past property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

They said shall we thrash him and throw his golden crown into the lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 thrash	aux
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 thrash	nsubj
5	thrash	thrash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thrash	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 throw	cc
8	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thrash	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 crown	nmod:poss
10	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 crown	amod
11	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 throw	obj
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 lake	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lake	det
14	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	They			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	thrash	shall	we	him = he		vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	throw	infinitive	we not said here	his golden crown	into the lake result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer crown=Theme into lake=Result
4	crown		his = he			nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They said we should thrash him, then bring him to the king with a song

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 thrash	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 thrash	aux
5	thrash	thrash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thrash	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bring	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 bring	advmod
9	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thrash	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bring	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 king	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bring	obl
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 song	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 song	det
16	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	They					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	thrash	should	we	him = he				vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	bring	infinitive	we not said here	him = he	the king	then	with a song	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to king=Destination

Option 3

They said shall we follow him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 follow	aux
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 follow	nsubj
5	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 follow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	They						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	follow	shall	we	him = he					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They said shall we thrash him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 thrash	aux
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 thrash	nsubj
5	thrash	thrash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thrash	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	They						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	thrash	shall	we	him = he					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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