Test 9 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30:…

Was he grumpy 'cause of that toothache, or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: be

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 594 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30: a proud coast servant brags, Remus teases back, then a toothache sends him grumbling to the office» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grumpy	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grumpy	nsubj
3	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 grumpy	punct
5	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	8 toothache	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 toothache	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 toothache	det
8	toothache	toothache	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grumpy	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 what	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 what	cc
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 toothache	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 grumpy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					cause that toothache; grumpy property	tree rules

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

Nah, he was grumpy 'cause the pie boys stole his trade and his wife left him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 grumpy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 grumpy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 grumpy	cop
5	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 grumpy	punct
7	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	11 stole	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boys	det
9	pie	pie	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 boys	compound
10	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 stole	nsubj
11	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 grumpy	advcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 trade	nmod:poss
13	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stole	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 left	cc
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 wife	nmod:poss
16	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 left	nsubj
17	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 stole	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		grumpy property	tree rules
2	steal	past	the pie boys	his trade		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location trade=Theme
3	leave	past	his wife	him = he		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	trade		his = he			nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Yeah, he was all sad and quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sad	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sad	cop
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 sad	advmod
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 quiet	cc
8	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					all, sad property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here						tree rules

Option 3

Yeah, he was all grim and sour, and he been sittin' by himself all day long

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 grim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grim	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grim	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 grim	cop
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 grim	advmod
6	grim	grim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sour	cc
8	sour	sour	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grim	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sittin	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sittin	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sittin	nsubj
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 sittin	cop
13	sittin	sittin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grim	conj
14	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 sittin	punct
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 himself	case
16	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 sittin	nmod
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 day	det
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grim	obl:unmarked
19	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 day	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		day	all, grim property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here				tree rules
3	is a	participle	he	sittin		by himself = he	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he was all grim and sour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 grim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grim	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grim	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 grim	cop
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 grim	advmod
6	grim	grim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sour	cc
8	sour	sour	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grim	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					all, grim property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here						tree rules

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