Test 3 · ★ · pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London,…

What a gutted way to end up, sleeping in the dirt!

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: gut, end up, sleep · To what, where: dirt

This is test 3 · ★ 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	4 way	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 way	det
3	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 way	amod
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 end	mark
6	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 way	acl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 end	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sleeping	punct
9	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 end	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 dirt	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dirt	det
12	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sleeping	obl
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	roles by
1	gut	participle		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	end up	to-infinitive		tree rules
3	sleep	gerund	the dirt	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in dirt=Location

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

Proper, he cried himself dead asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proper	properly	ADV	_	4 cried	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Proper	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 cried	obj
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 asleep	amod
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cried	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	he	himself = he				asleep, properly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic

Option 2

Proper, he got some kip in a corner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proper	properly	ADV	_	4 got	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Proper	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 kip	det
6	kip	kip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 corner	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 corner	det
9	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	some kip		a corner		properly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kip=Stimulus

Option 3

Yeah, he sobbed till he fell asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sobbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sobbed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sobbed	nsubj
4	sobbed	sob	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	till	till	SCONJ	_	7 fell	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fell	nsubj
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sobbed	advcl
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fell	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sob	past	he						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fall	past	he					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Proper, he cried himself dead asleep in the corner by the cold fire, poor lad

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proper	properly	ADV	_	4 cried	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Proper	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 cried	obj
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 asleep	amod
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cried	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 corner	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 corner	det
10	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cried	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 fire	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fire	det
13	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fire	amod
14	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cried	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lad	punct
16	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 lad	amod
17	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fire	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	he	himself = he		the corner		by the cold fire and poor lad; asleep, properly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic

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