Test 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache…
Did Uncle Remus know what the watchyoumaycollum was for?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Uncle Remus · What happens: know
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 Remus | aux |
| 2 | Uncle | Uncle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Remus | compound |
| 3 | Remus | Remus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 know | nsubj |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 know | obj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 watchyoumaycollum | det |
| 7 | watchyoumaycollum | watchyoumaycollum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 for | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 for | cop |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 what | acl:relcl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Uncle Remus | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
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
Yeah, he knew it was for fixing ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 knew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 knew | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 ears | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 ears | cop |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 ears | case |
| 8 | fixing | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 ears | amod |
| 9 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 knew | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | fix | gerund | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | is | past | it | for fixing ears | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, he knew it was for hollering, but he just guessed the rest of it
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 knew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 knew | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hollering | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 hollering | aux |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 hollering | mark |
| 8 | hollering | holler | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 knew | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 guessed | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 guessed | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 guessed | nsubj |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 guessed | advmod |
| 13 | guessed | guess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 knew | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 rest | det |
| 15 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 guessed | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 it | case |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 rest | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | holler speech: other | past · progressive | it | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | guess | past | he | the rest of rest | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme |
Option 3
Nah, he just guessed, it was a big mystery nobody at the mill could solve
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 11 mystery | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 guessed | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 guessed | advmod |
| 5 | guessed | guess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nah | acl:relcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 mystery | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 mystery | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 mystery | det |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 mystery | amod |
| 11 | mystery | mystery | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 17 solve | nsubj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 mill | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 mill | det |
| 15 | mill | mill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 nobody | nmod |
| 16 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 solve | aux |
| 17 | solve | solve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 mystery | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guess | past | he | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a big mystery | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | solve | could | nobody | a big mystery not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mystery=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he just guessed, it was a big mystery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 11 mystery | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 guessed | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 guessed | advmod |
| 5 | guessed | guess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nah | acl:relcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 mystery | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 mystery | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 mystery | det |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 mystery | amod |
| 11 | mystery | mystery | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guess | past | he | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a big mystery | tree rules |
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