Test 5 · ★ · Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part 19: the cat wins the…

What did Dick say when they called him upstairs?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dick, they · What happens: say, call · To what, where: Dick · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 359 «Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part 19: the cat wins the king's gold, and a boy waits on a burning ship» 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	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 called	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 called	nsubj
7	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 called	obj
9	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	_	7 called	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Dick						tree rules
2	call	past	they		Dick			upstairs property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=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

He said he was too dirty from scouring the pots, and asked them to wait

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dirty	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dirty	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 dirty	advmod
6	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 scouring	mark
8	scouring	scour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 dirty	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pots	det
10	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 scouring	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 asked	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 asked	cc
13	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 asked	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 wait	mark
16	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 asked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he			dirty property	tree rules
3	scour	gerund	he not said here	the pots			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pot=Source
4	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here		pots = pot		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
5	wait not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He said he was too dirty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dirty	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dirty	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 dirty	advmod
6	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 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	he					dirty property	tree rules

Option 3

He said he had work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
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	2 said	ccomp
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj

#	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 clause=Topic
2	have	past	he	work					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Patient

Option 4

He said he was far too dirty to go up and see the master at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dirty	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dirty	cop
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 dirty	advmod
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 dirty	advmod
7	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 go	mark
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 dirty	xcomp
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 go	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 see	cc
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 go	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 master	det
14	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he			dirty, far property	tree rules
3	go up	to-infinitive	he not said here				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	see	infinitive	he not said here	the master	all		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer master=Stimulus

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