Test 11 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache…
Yo, what's the Jawjy 'intment he's gonna put in the guy's ears?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, put · To what, where: intment, he, ears
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 595 «Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache, a talking box, and a stranger who mistakes him» 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 what | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yo | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 intment | obl |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 intment | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Jawjy | det |
| 6 | Jawjy | Jawjy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 intment | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 6 Jawjy | case |
| 8 | intment | intment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 put | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 put | aux |
| 11 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 12 put | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 intment | acl:relcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 ears | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 guy | det |
| 15 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 ears | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 guy | case |
| 17 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 put | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 intment | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Jawjy's intment | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | put | present · passive | he | the guy's ears | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in ear=Destination |
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
Georgia salve, yeah, it's healin' stuff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | Georgia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 salve | compound |
| 2 | salve | salve | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 salve | punct |
| 4 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 2 salve | discourse |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 stuff | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stuff | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 stuff | cop |
| 8 | healin | healin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stuff | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 8 healin | case |
| 10 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 salve | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | healin's stuff | tree rules |
Option 2
Carolina ointment, for real, it's fixin' stuff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina | Carolina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ointment | compound |
| 2 | ointment | ointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 real | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 real | punct |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 real | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fixin | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fixin | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fixin | cop |
| 9 | fixin | fixin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 real | obl |
| 10 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 fixin | punct |
| 11 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fixin | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | ointment | fixin and stuff | tree rules |
Option 3
Georgia ointment, for real, it's fixin' stuff he makes up at the mill
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | Georgia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ointment | compound |
| 2 | ointment | ointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 real | punct |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 real | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 ointment | acl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 stuff | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 stuff | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 stuff | cop |
| 9 | fixin | fixin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stuff | compound |
| 10 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 fixin | punct |
| 11 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ointment | conj |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 makes | nsubj |
| 13 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 makes | compound:prt |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 mill | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 mill | det |
| 17 | mill | mill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 makes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | fixin stuff | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make up | present | Georgia ointment and fixin stuff | the mill | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Georgia ointment, for real, it's fixin' stuff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | Georgia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ointment | compound |
| 2 | ointment | ointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 real | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 real | punct |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 real | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fixin | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fixin | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fixin | cop |
| 9 | fixin | fixin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 real | obl |
| 10 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 fixin | punct |
| 11 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fixin | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | ointment | fixin and stuff | tree rules |
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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