Test 9 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored…

Bruv, did the villagers get a laugh out of it the first time?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bruv, villagers · What happens: do, get · To what, where: laugh

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 villagers	det
5	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 laugh	det
8	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	11 it	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 get	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 time	det
13	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 time	amod
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl:unmarked
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Bruv						tree rules
2	get	present	the villagers	a laugh		laugh	time		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer laugh=Stimulus

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

Yes, they all had a good laugh and then went off to the tavern to tell everyone about the silly boy

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 had	nsubj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 they	det
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 laugh	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 laugh	amod
8	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 went	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 went	advmod
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 had	conj
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 went	compound:prt
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 tavern	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tavern	det
15	tavern	tavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 tell	mark
17	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 went	advcl
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 tell	iobj
19	about	about	ADP	_	22 boy	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 boy	det
21	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 boy	amod
22	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	they	a good laugh				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Patient
2	go off	past	they not said here			then	to the tavern	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	they not said here		everyone		about the silly boy	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient about boy=Topic

Option 2

Yes, they laughed and then went back home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 went	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 went	advmod
7	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 laughed	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 went	advmod
9	home	home	ADV	_	7 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	they						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go back	past	they not said here				then	home property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

Option 3

No, they were furious and made the boy stay in his room for the entire week without any supper

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 furious	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 furious	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 furious	cop
5	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 made	cc
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 furious	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boy	det
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	obj
10	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 made	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 room	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 room	nmod:poss
13	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stay	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 week	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 week	det
16	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 week	amod
17	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stay	obl
18	without	without	ADP	_	20 supper	case
19	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	20 supper	det
20	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they				furious property	tree rules
2	make	past	they not said here	the boy				tree rules
3	stay	infinitive	the boy not said here		boy's room	week	without any supper	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, they were mugged off and well annoyed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 mugged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mugged	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mugged	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mugged	aux:pass
5	mugged	mug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 mugged	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 annoyed	cc
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 annoyed	advmod
9	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mugged	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mug off	past · passive		they					tree rules

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