Test 12 · ★ · pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London,…

Bet the cook was a right moaning old witch to Dick, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, cook, right · What happens: bet, be, moan · To what, where: right, old witch, Dick

This is test 12 · ★ 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	Bet	bet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cook	det
3	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 right	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 right	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 right	det
6	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bet	ccomp
7	moaning	moan	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 right	acl
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 witch	amod
9	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moaning	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Dick	case
11	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 moaning	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bet	punct
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	1 Bet	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Bet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	bet	imperative	you not said here			vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the cook	a right		tree rules
3	moan	gerund	a right not said here	old witch	Dick	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent witch=Topic to dick=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

Yeah, she was always having a go at him, and threatening him with dish-water

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 having	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 having	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 having	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 having	aux
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 having	advmod
6	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 go	det
8	go	go	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 having	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 having	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 threatening	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 threatening	cc
13	threatening	threaten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 having	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 threatening	obj
15	with	with	ADP	_	18 water	case
16	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 water	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 dish	punct
18	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 threatening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past · progressive	she	a go				at him = he; always property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent go=Patient
2	threaten	gerund	she not said here	him = he				with dish water	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she was always having a go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 having	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 having	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 having	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 having	aux
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 having	advmod
6	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 go	det
8	go	go	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 having	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past · progressive	she	a go				always property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent go=Patient

Option 3

Nah, she was always kind to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 kind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kind	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 kind	advmod
6	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she		him = he			always, kind property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, she was a lovely cook, always smiling and giving Dick extra bread

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 cook	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cook	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cook	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cook	det
6	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cook	amod
7	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 smiling	punct
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 smiling	advmod
10	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 cook	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 giving	cc
12	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 smiling	conj
13	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 giving	iobj
14	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bread	amod
15	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 giving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	she	a lovely cook			tree rules
2	smile	gerund	she not said here			always property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give	gerund	she not said here	extra bread	Dick		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dick=Recipient bread=Theme

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