Test 9 · ★ · pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London,…

Blimey, Dick walked all that way with no grub, didn't he?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Blimey, Dick · What happens: walk, not do · To what, where: way

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Blimey	blimey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walked	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Blimey	punct
3	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 walked	nsubj
4	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 way	det:predet
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walked	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 grub	case
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 grub	det
10	grub	grub	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 way	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 did	punct
12	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 walked	conj
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 did	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 did	nsubj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	Blimey	all way				with no grub	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory
2	not do	past	Dick						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Nah, he had a sandwich, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sandwich	det
6	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sandwich	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	a sandwich and mate					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=Patient

Option 2

Nah, he had a pie and a pint at Highgate, so he was alright, innit

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pie	det
6	pie	pie	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pint	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pint	det
9	pint	pint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pie	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 Highgate	case
11	Highgate	Highgate	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 pint	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 alright	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 alright	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 alright	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 alright	cop
16	alright	alright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 had	parataxis
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 innit	punct
18	innit	innit	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	a pie and a pint at Highgate					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pie=Patient
2	is	past	Highgate					alright property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he was knackered, bless him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 knackered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 knackered	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 knackered	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 knackered	aux:pass
5	knackered	knacker	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bless	punct
7	bless	bless	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 knackered	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 bless	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knacker	past · passive		he					tree rules
2	bless	infinitive		him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, he was starving, poor lad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 starving	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 starving	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 starving	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 starving	aux
5	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lad	punct
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lad	amod
8	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 starving	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	starve	past · progressive	he						tree rules

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