Test 3 · ★ · Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes…

so the editors kept dissin the old man, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: editors · What happens: keep · To what, where: dissin

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 597 «Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes the newspaper men tease Uncle Remus» 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 kept	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 editors	det
3	editors	editor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	dissin	dissin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the editors	dissin					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dissin=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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, they teased him a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 teased	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 teased	nsubj
4	teased	tease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 teased	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 teased	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	past	they	him = he				a lot obl:unmarked	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

Yep, they roasted him all day long, and he just kept grinning at the jug

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 roasted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 roasted	nsubj
4	roasted	roast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 roasted	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 roasted	obl:unmarked
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 roasted	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 kept	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 kept	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 kept	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 kept	advmod
13	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 roasted	conj
14	grinning	grin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 kept	xcomp
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 jug	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 jug	det
17	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 grinning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roast	past	they	him = he		day	long property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	keep	past	he					tree rules
3	grin	gerund	he not said here		the jug			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yep, they roasted him all day, then bought him a plate of greens to make up for it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 roasted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 roasted	nsubj
4	roasted	roast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 roasted	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 roasted	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bought	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 bought	advmod
10	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 roasted	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bought	iobj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 plate	det
13	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bought	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 greens	case
15	greens	green	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 plate	nmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 make	mark
17	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 bought	advcl
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 make	compound:prt
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 it	case
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	roast	past	they	him = he		day		vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	buy	past	they not said here	a plate of greens	him = he	then		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary plate=Theme
3	make up	to-infinitive	they not said here				for plate	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, they roasted him all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 roasted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 roasted	nsubj
4	roasted	roast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 roasted	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 roasted	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roast	past	they	him = he			day		vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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