Test 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of the War, part 28: Remu…

Did the conscrip' man scoop up the overseer, fr?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man · What happens: scoop up · To what, where: overseer

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 592 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of the War, part 28: Remus hides the stock and waits with his axe as the Yankees pass» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scoop	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conscrip	det
3	conscrip	conscrip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nmod:poss
4	'	's	PART	_	3 conscrip	case
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scoop	nsubj
6	scoop	scoop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 scoop	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 overseer	det
9	overseer	overseer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scoop	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fr	punct
11	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 overseer	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 scoop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoop up	past · do-support	the conscrip's man	the overseer and fr					vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent overseer=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

the hired man got grabbed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	hired	hire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grabbed	nsubj:pass
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 grabbed	aux:pass
5	grabbed	grab	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hire	participle							vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	grab	past · passive		the hired man					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, the conscript man took the cook and the mule away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 took	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 took	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	conscript	conscript	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 took	nsubj
6	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cook	det
8	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 took	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 mule	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mule	det
11	mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cook	conj
12	away	away	ADV	_	6 took	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the conscript man	the cook and the mule				away property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cook=Theme

Option 3

the conscription man grabbed the overseer and marched him off to camp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	conscription	conscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 man	compound
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grabbed	nsubj
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 overseer	det
6	overseer	overseer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grabbed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 marched	cc
8	marched	march	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grabbed	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 marched	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	8 marched	compound:prt
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 camp	case
12	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	the conscription man	the overseer					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent overseer=Theme
2	march off	past	the conscription man not said here	man		camp			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme to camp=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the overseer got scooped up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 overseer	det
2	overseer	overseer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scooped	nsubj:pass
3	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scooped	aux:pass
4	scooped	scoop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 scooped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoop up	past · passive		the overseer					vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme

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