Test 3 · ★ · The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dan…

Did the Wolf say yes to the tune, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wolf · What happens: say, innit · To what, where: tune · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 362 «The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dances for a wolf is saved by the Shepherd Dogs» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Wolf	det
3	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 say	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 tune	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tune	det
8	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the Wolf		the tune				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to tune=Recipient
2	innit	infinitive	the Wolf not said here						tree rules

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, he reckoned a tune before the grub would be well good, so he gave it a go

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 reckoned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reckoned	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reckoned	nsubj
4	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tune	det
6	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reckoned	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 good	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 grub	det
9	grub	grub	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 good	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 good	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 good	cop
12	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 good	advmod
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tune	acl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 gave	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	17 gave	advmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 gave	nsubj
17	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reckoned	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 gave	obj
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 go	det
20	go	go	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	he	a tune		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent tune=Attribute
2	is	would	the grub	a tune not said here	good, well property	tree rules
3	give	past	he	grub		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient go=Theme

Option 2

Nah, he told the Kid to hush up and get eaten straight away, no messing about

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Kid	det
6	Kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hush	mark
8	hush	hush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 hush	compound:prt
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 get	cc
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hush	conj
12	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 get	xcomp
13	straight	straight	ADV	_	14 away	advmod
14	away	away	ADV	_	12 eaten	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 messing	punct
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 messing	det
17	messing	mess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 told	advcl
18	about	about	ADV	_	17 messing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	he	the Kid		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hush up not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	get	infinitive	he not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	eat	participle	he not said here		away property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	mess about	gerund	he not said here		about property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he fancied a bit of music first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fancied	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fancied	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fancied	nsubj
4	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fancied	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 music	case
8	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nmod
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 fancied	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy	past	he	a bit of music				first property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus

Option 4

Yeah, he wanted a quick snack first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 snack	det
6	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 snack	amod
7	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	a quick snack				first property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot snack=Theme

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