Test 4 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit…

and her fam had the buckets?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fam · What happens: have · To what, where: buckets

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 572 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit tricks Miss Cow into a tree, then Brer Terrapin goes calling» 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 had	cc
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 fam	nmod:poss
3	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 buckets	det
6	buckets	bucket	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	her fam	the buckets					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Patient

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, the big ones and the littles and the mama all had buckets and they lined up by the gate singing a song

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 ones	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ones	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ones	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ones	amod
5	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 had	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 littles	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 littles	det
8	littles	little	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ones	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 had	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mama	det
11	mama	mama	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 had	nsubj
12	all	all	ADV	_	13 had	advmod
13	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	buckets	bucket	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 had	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 lined	cc
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 lined	nsubj
17	lined	line	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 had	conj
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 lined	compound:prt
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 gate	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 gate	det
21	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lined	obl
22	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 lined	advcl
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 song	det
24	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 singing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	the big ones and the littles	buckets	all property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Patient
2	line up	past	buckets = bucket		by the gate	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	sing speech: express	gerund	buckets = bucket not said here	a song		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

Option 2

yeah, the older ones had big pails and the young ones had small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 had	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ones	det
4	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 ones	amod
5	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 had	advcl
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pails	amod
8	pails	pail	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 had	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ones	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ones	det
11	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ones	amod
12	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pails	conj
13	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 had	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the older ones						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	have	past	big pails and the young ones					small property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the big ones had big buckets and the littles had little ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 had	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ones	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ones	amod
5	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 had	advcl
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 buckets	amod
8	buckets	bucket	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 had	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 littles	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 littles	det
11	littles	little	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 buckets	conj
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ones	amod
14	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the big ones						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	have	past	big buckets and the littles	little ones					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 4

yeah, the big ones had big buckets and the littles had little ones and the dog had one too and they all marched to the barn

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 had	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ones	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ones	amod
5	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 buckets	amod
8	buckets	bucket	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 had	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 had	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 littles	det
11	littles	little	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 had	nsubj
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 had	conj
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ones	amod
14	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 had	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 had	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 dog	det
17	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 had	nsubj
18	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 had	conj
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 had	obj
20	too	too	ADV	_	18 had	advmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 marched	cc
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 marched	nsubj
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 marched	advmod
24	marched	march	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 had	conj
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 barn	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 barn	det
27	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 marched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	have	past	the big ones	big buckets		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Patient
2	have	past	the littles	little ones		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
3	have	past	the dog	one		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
4	march	past	littles = little		the barn	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to barn=Destination

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