Test 3 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the…

Yo, did the old man really offer to give the boy a piggyback ride?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: do, offer, give · To what, where: old man, piggyback ride, boy

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 589 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 offer	advmod
8	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 give	mark
10	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 offer	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boy	det
12	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	obj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 ride	det
14	piggyback	piggyback	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ride	compound
15	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	do	past	the old man		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality
2	offer	present			tree rules
3	give not said to happen	to-infinitive	a piggyback ride	the boy	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient ride=Theme

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

Nah, he said he'd rather walk the boy to the lane

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 walk	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 walk	aux
7	rather	rather	ADV	_	8 walk	advmod
8	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boy	det
10	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walk	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 lane	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lane	det
13	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walk	obl

#	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	walk	would	he	the boy		the lane			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to lane=Trajectory

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

Yeah, he said he'd tote him up to the big house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tote	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 tote	aux
7	tote	tote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tote	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 tote	compound:prt
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 house	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 house	det
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 house	amod
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tote	obl

#	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	tote up	would	he	him = he		the big house			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to house=Destination

Option 3

Yeah, he said he'd walk him down to the creek

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 walk	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 walk	aux
7	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 walk	obj
9	down	down	ADP	_	7 walk	compound:prt
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 creek	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 creek	det
12	creek	creek	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walk	obl

#	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	walk down	would	he	him = he		the creek			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme to creek=Trajectory

Option 4

Yeah, he said he'd tote the boy all the way back to his mama's cabin by the river

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tote	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 tote	aux
7	tote	tote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boy	det
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tote	obj
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 way	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tote	obl:unmarked
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 way	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	18 cabin	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mama	nmod:poss
16	mama	mama	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cabin	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 mama	case
18	cabin	cabin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tote	obl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 river	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 river	det
21	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tote	obl

#	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	tote	would	he	the boy		boy's mama's cabin		by the river; all way obl:unmarked	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to cabin=Destination

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