Test 7 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the…
Bro, what does the chorus say to do in the morning?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chorus · What happens: say, do · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 say | obj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 say | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chorus | det |
| 6 | chorus | chorus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | nsubj |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 do | mark |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 say | xcomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 morning | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 morning | det |
| 12 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 do | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | the chorus | Bro vocative | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the chorus not said here | morning | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
Look up to the hills and shake off every burden you carry in your heart
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Look | compound:prt |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 hills | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hills | det |
| 5 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Look | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 shake | cc |
| 7 | shake | shake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Look | conj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 shake | compound:prt |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 burden | det |
| 10 | burden | burden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shake | obj |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 carry | nsubj |
| 12 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 burden | acl:relcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 heart | case |
| 14 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 heart | nmod:poss |
| 15 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 carry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look up | imperative | you not said here | to the hills | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to hill=Theme | ||||
| 2 | shake off | infinitive | you not said here | every burden | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent burden=Patient | ||||
| 3 | carry | present | you | every burden not said here | your heart | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent burden=Value in heart=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Look up and shake off your burden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Look | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 shake | cc |
| 4 | shake | shake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Look | conj |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 shake | compound:prt |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 burden | nmod:poss |
| 7 | burden | burden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shake | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look up | imperative | you not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | shake off | infinitive | you not said here | your burden | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent burden=Patient | ||||
| 3 | burden | your | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Kneel down in the dust and let the Lord carry all your heavy load
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kneel | kneel | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADV | _ | 1 Kneel | advmod |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 dust | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dust | det |
| 5 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kneel | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 let | cc |
| 7 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Kneel | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Lord | det |
| 9 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 let | obj |
| 10 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 let | xcomp |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 load | det:predet |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 load | nmod:poss |
| 13 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 load | amod |
| 14 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kneel down | imperative | you not said here | the dust | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in dust=Location | |||
| 2 | let | infinitive | you not said here | the Lord | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | carry | infinitive | the Lord not said here | your heavy load | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme |
Option 4
Rise early and bless the Lord
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rise | rise | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Rise | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 bless | cc |
| 4 | bless | bless | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Rise | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Lord | det |
| 6 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 bless | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | imperative | you not said here | early property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | bless | infinitive | you not said here | the Lord | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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