Test 4 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored…

Innit a proper daft thing to do, shouting wolf for a laugh?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: innit, do, shout · To what, where: proper daft thing, wolf

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 364 «Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored boy cries "Wolf!" for fun until a real wolf comes» 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	Innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thing	det
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
4	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Innit	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shouting	punct
9	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Innit	advcl
10	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouting	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 laugh	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 laugh	det
13	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouting	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Innit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	innit	imperative	you not said here	a proper daft thing		tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	you not said here	a proper daft thing not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	shout speech: express	gerund	you not said here	wolf	for a laugh	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Topic

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, it's daft, and he got sacked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 daft	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 daft	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 daft	cop
5	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sacked	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sacked	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sacked	nsubj
9	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sacked	aux:pass
10	sacked	sack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 daft	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					daft property	tree rules
2	sack	past · passive		he					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Nah, it was just a harmless joke, nothing to fuss about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 joke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 joke	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 joke	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	8 joke	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 joke	det
7	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 joke	amod
8	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 nothing	punct
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 joke	appos
11	to	to	PART	_	12 fuss	mark
12	fuss	fuss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 nothing	acl
13	about	about	ADV	_	12 fuss	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a harmless joke					tree rules
2	fuss	to-infinitive						about property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it's well mad, and he got what he deserved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 mad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mad	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mad	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mad	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 mad	advmod
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 got	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 mad	conj
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 deserved	obj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 deserved	nsubj
13	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 got	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	it	mad, well property	tree rules
2	get	past	he		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	deserve	past	he		tree rules

Option 4

Nah, it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fine	expl
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	cop
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules

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