Test 6 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks…

Wot did society say to him, like, for a laugh?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wot · What happens: say · To what, where: society · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 337 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks in the kennel; Peter bars the window» 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	Wot	Wot	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	society	society	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 like	punct
8	like	like	INTJ	_	4 say	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 laugh	punct
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 laugh	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 laugh	det
12	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Wot		society				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient

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

"Why don't you stay in the kennel forever, dear Mr. Darling, nobody minds."

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 stay	punct
2	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 stay	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stay	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 stay	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 stay	nsubj
6	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 kennel	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kennel	det
9	kennel	kennel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stay	obl
10	forever	forever	ADV	_	6 stay	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Darling	punct
12	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Darling	amod
13	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Darling	compound
14	Darling	darling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stay	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 minds	punct
16	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	17 minds	nsubj
17	minds	mind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stay	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 stay	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 stay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not stay in a quote	present · do-support	you			the kennel		forever property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kennel=Location
2	mind in a quote	present	nobody						vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

"Do come in the kennel."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 come	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 come	aux
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 kennel	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kennel	det
6	kennel	kennel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 come	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 come	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	imperative · do-support	you not said here			the kennel			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kennel=Location

Option 3

"Please sit down now."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 sit	punct
2	Please	please	INTJ	_	3 sit	discourse
3	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 sit	advmod
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 sit	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sit	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 sit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit down in a quote	imperative	you not said here				now	down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

"Do come in and sit by the fire, we have been waiting for you all day."

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 come	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 come	aux
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADV	_	3 come	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sit	cc
6	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 come	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 fire	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fire	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sit	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 waiting	punct
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 waiting	nsubj
12	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 waiting	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 waiting	aux
14	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sit	advcl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 you	case
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 waiting	obl
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 day	det
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 waiting	obl:unmarked
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 come	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	come in in a quote	imperative · do-support	you not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sit in a quote	infinitive	you not said here		by the fire	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location
3	wait in a quote	present · perfect · progressive	we	day	for you	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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