Test 6 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, the ending: the lost children come h…

and Mr Darling was going on about how six was a proper lot of kids, bless him

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mr, you · What happens: go on, be, bless · To what, where: proper lot, Mr

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 338 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, the ending: the lost children come home, and Peter flies off alone» 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 going	cc
2	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 going	nsubj
3	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mr	flat
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 going	aux
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 bless	advcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 going	compound:prt
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 six	case
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 six	advmod
9	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 going	obl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 lot	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lot	det
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lot	amod
13	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	obl:unmarked
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 kids	case
15	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 lot	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 going	punct
17	bless	bless	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 bless	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go on	past · progressive	Mr		about six	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about six=Location
2	is a	past		a proper lot	of kids	tree rules
3	bless	imperative	you not said here	Mr		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah he reckoned six was a right handful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 reckoned	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reckoned	nsubj
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 handful	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 handful	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 handful	det
7	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 handful	amod
8	handful	handful	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckoned	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	he						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	six	a right handful					tree rules

Option 2

yeah he thought six kids was a lot to handle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 thought	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 kids	nummod
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lot	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lot	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lot	det
8	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 handle	mark
10	handle	handle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 lot	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	six kids	a lot	tree rules
3	handle	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

yeah he said six was fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 said	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 fine	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	cop
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	six					fine property	tree rules

Option 4

nah he was quite happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 happy	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 happy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 happy	cop
4	quite	quite	ADV	_	5 happy	advmod
5	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					happy property	tree rules

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