Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the…

what's the cock's vibe about the husband, fr?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vibe · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» 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	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 what	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cock	det
4	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vibe	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 cock	case
6	vibe	vibe	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 what	nsubj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 husband	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 husband	det
9	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vibe	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fr	punct
11	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vibe	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the cock's vibe about the husband and fr						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 · ← Mova's choice

he never keeps wife in line

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	3 keeps	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 keeps	advmod
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 line	case
6	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not keep	present	he	wife		line			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wife=Theme in line=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he can't keep his wife in order

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	4 keep	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 keep	advmod
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wife	nmod:poss
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not keep	can	he	his wife		order			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wife=Theme in order=Location

Option 3

he's a total wimp who lets his wife boss the horses and cows around the farm

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	5 wimp	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wimp	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wimp	det
4	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wimp	amod
5	wimp	wimp	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 lets	nsubj
7	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wimp	acl:relcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 boss	nmod:poss
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 boss	compound
10	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lets	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 horses	det
12	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lets	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 cows	cc
14	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 horses	conj
15	around	around	ADP	_	17 farm	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 farm	det
17	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	a total wimp					tree rules
2	let	present	a total wimp	his wife boss		the farm			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boss=Recipient horse=Theme

Option 4

he can't control his wife

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	4 control	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 control	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 control	advmod
4	control	control	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wife	nmod:poss
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 control	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not control	can	he	his wife					vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme

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