Test 3 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Ja…

Wait, why was George so gutted about the North Pole?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, George · What happens: wait, be, gut · To what, where: George

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 gutted	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 gutted	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 George	cop
5	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gutted	nsubj
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 gutted	advmod
7	gutted	gut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 Pole	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Pole	det
10	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Pole	compound
11	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gutted	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		George		tree rules
3	gut	past	George		about the North Pole	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

He didn't wanna get blamed for whatever Jane got up to on the lawn that night

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 blamed	nsubj:pass
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 blamed	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 blamed	advmod
4	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	6 blamed	nsubj:pass
5	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 blamed	aux:pass
6	blamed	blame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 whatever	case
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 blamed	obl
9	Jane	Jane	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 whatever	acl:relcl
11	up	up	ADV	_	10 got	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	11 up	fixed
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 lawn	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 lawn	det
15	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obl
16	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blamed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not blame	past · passive · do-support		He			night	for whatever	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for whatever=Attribute
2	get up	past	Jane			the lawn			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on lawn=Source

Option 2

He reckoned they'd get told off for ages by Mum and Dad for all the trouble

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reckoned	nsubj
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 told	nsubj:pass
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 told	aux
5	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 told	aux:pass
6	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reckoned	ccomp
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 told	compound:prt
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ages	case
9	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 told	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 Mum	case
11	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obl:agent
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Dad	cc
13	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Mum	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 trouble	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 trouble	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 trouble	det
17	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	He						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	tell off speech: assert	would · passive	Mum and Dad	they			for ages	for all trouble	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 3

He thought Jane was being daft, yeah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Jane	Jane	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 daft	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 daft	cop
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 daft	cop
6	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 daft	punct
8	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	2 thought	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Jane					daft property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He didn't wanna get blamed for Jane's mischief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 blamed	nsubj:pass
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 blamed	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 blamed	advmod
4	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	6 blamed	nsubj:pass
5	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 blamed	aux:pass
6	blamed	blame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 mischief	case
8	Jane	Jane	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 mischief	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Jane	case
10	mischief	mischief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blamed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not blame	past · passive · do-support		He				for Jane's mischief	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for mischief=Attribute

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