Test 5 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-Blossom, part 15: the…
The hermit gave him one apple, right? And he just scoffed the whole thing, what a muppet
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hermit, whole thing · What happens: give, scoff, muppet · To what, where: one apple, him, whole thing
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 675 «Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-Blossom, part 15: the prince finds his brothers, and the old man finds a baby girl» 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
Sentence 1: The hermit gave him one apple, right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hermit | det |
| 2 | hermit | hermit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gave | iobj |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 apple | nummod |
| 6 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| 8 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 3 gave | discourse |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the hermit | one apple | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient apple=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.
Sentence 2: And he just scoffed the whole thing, what a muppet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 scoffed | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 scoffed | nsubj |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 scoffed | advmod |
| 4 | scoffed | scoff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thing | amod |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scoffed | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 muppet | punct |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 muppet | nsubj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 muppet | det |
| 11 | muppet | muppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thing | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scoff | past | hermit | the whole thing | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | ||||
| 2 | muppet | the whole thing | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he broke the rule when he was dry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 broke | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 broke | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 broke | nsubj |
| 4 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rule | det |
| 6 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broke | obj |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 10 dry | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 dry | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 dry | cop |
| 10 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 broke | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | he | the rule | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | past | he | dry property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, he was greedy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 greedy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 greedy | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 greedy | cop |
| 5 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | greedy property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nah, he kept the rules, very sensible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rules | det |
| 6 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 kept | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sensible | punct |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 sensible | advmod |
| 9 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kept | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | the rules | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he forgot the rules when he got thirsty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 forgot | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 forgot | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 forgot | nsubj |
| 4 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rules | det |
| 6 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 forgot | obj |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 got | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 forgot | advcl |
| 10 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | he | the rules | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | past | he | thirsty property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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