Test 1 · ★ · pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London,…
Mate, did you see Dick nick that cat for a penny?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: see · To what, where: Dick nick
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 358 «pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London, buys a cat, sends it to sea, and turns back home» 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 | 5 see | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | Dick | Dick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 nick | compound |
| 7 | nick | nick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 cat | det |
| 9 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 nick | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 penny | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 penny | det |
| 12 | penny | penny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 nick | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · do-support | you | Dick nick | for a penny; Mate vocative | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nick=Stimulus |
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
Yeah, bit of a laugh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 bit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bit | punct |
| 3 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 laugh | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 laugh | det |
| 6 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bit | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he was well chuffed, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 chuffed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chuffed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 chuffed | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 chuffed | aux:pass |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 chuffed | advmod |
| 6 | chuffed | chuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chuffed | punct |
| 8 | innit | innit | INTJ | _ | 6 chuffed | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuff | past · passive | he | well property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nah, he flogged it for a quid, dunno
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 flogged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flogged | nsubj |
| 4 | flogged | flog | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flogged | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 quid | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 quid | det |
| 8 | quid | quid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flogged | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 dunno | punct |
| 10 | dunno | dunno | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 quid | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flog | past | he | it | for a quid and dunno | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for quid=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Yeah, he was made up, dead pleased
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 made | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 made | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 pleased | punct |
| 8 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 pleased | amod |
| 9 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 made | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | past · passive | he | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot |
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