Test 4 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache…

What's a fonygraf, anyway, the thing that hollers like kids?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that · What happens: be, holler · To what, where: fonygraf

This is test 4 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 fonygraf	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fonygraf	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fonygraf	det
4	fonygraf	fonygraf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 anyway	punct
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 fonygraf	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thing	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 thing	det
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fonygraf	conj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 hollers	nsubj
11	hollers	holler	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 thing	nmod
12	like	like	ADP	_	13 kids	case
13	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hollers	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fonygraf	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a fonygraf and the thing				anyway property	tree rules
2	holler speech: other		that					like kids	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

A box that records your words and plays them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 box	det
2	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 records	nsubj
4	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 box	acl:relcl
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 words	nmod:poss
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 records	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 plays	cc
8	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 records	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 plays	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	record	present	a box	your words	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	play	present	a box not said here	words = word	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	word		your		nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

A box that keeps your words and gives them back to you later in the parlor

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 box	det
2	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 keeps	nsubj
4	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 box	acl:relcl
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 words	nmod:poss
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keeps	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gives	cc
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 keeps	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gives	iobj
10	back	back	ADV	_	8 gives	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 you	case
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 gives	obl
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 keeps	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 parlor	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 parlor	det
16	parlor	parlor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	present	a box	your words		the parlor	late property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent word=Theme in parlor=Location
2	give back	present	a box not said here		words = word		to you	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to you=Recipient
3	word		your					nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A box that keeps your words and gives them back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 box	det
2	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 keeps	nsubj
4	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 box	acl:relcl
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 words	nmod:poss
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keeps	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gives	cc
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 keeps	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gives	iobj
10	back	back	ADV	_	8 gives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	keep	present	a box	your words		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	give back	present	a box not said here		words = word	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	word		your			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A tin box that keeps every word you say and gives them back whenever you shake it

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 box	det
2	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 box	compound
3	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gives	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 keeps	nsubj
5	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 box	acl:relcl
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keeps	obj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 say	nsubj
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 word	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 keeps	cc
11	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gives	iobj
13	back	back	ADV	_	11 gives	advmod
14	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	_	16 shake	mark
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 shake	nsubj
16	shake	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 gives	advcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 shake	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	keep	present	a tin box	every word		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	you	every word not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	give back	present	a tin box		them = they	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	shake	present	you	word		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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