Test 5 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl give…

Why did folks cross the road when they saw him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: folks · What happens: cross, see · To what, where: road, him

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 cross	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cross	aux
3	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cross	nsubj
4	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 road	det
6	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cross	obj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 saw	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saw	nsubj
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cross	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saw	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 cross	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	past · do-support	folks	the road					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient
2	see	past	folks = folk	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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

He had mud all over him and smelled of a dead fish from the palace pond last week

The tree, 18 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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
4	all	all	ADV	_	6 him	advmod
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 smelled	cc
8	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 fish	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fish	det
11	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fish	amod
12	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smelled	obl
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 pond	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 pond	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pond	compound
16	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smelled	obl
17	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 week	amod
18	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smelled	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	mud				over him = he	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mud=Patient
2	smell	past	He not said here			the palace pond	week	of a dead fish	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of fish=Theme

Option 2

He looked proper scruffy

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 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	proper	properly	ADV	_	4 scruffy	advmod
4	scruffy	scruffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 looked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	He					scruffy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He looked totally minging

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 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	totally	totally	ADV	_	2 looked	advmod
4	minging	ming	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 looked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	He					totally property	tree rules
2	ming	gerund	He not said here						tree rules

Option 4

He had a massive bag of geese and was shouting at everyone he passed in the street

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bag	det
4	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bag	amod
5	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 geese	case
7	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bag	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shouting	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 shouting	aux
10	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 had	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 everyone	case
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 shouting	obl
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 passed	nsubj
14	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 everyone	acl:relcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 street	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 street	det
17	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 passed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	have	past	He	a massive bag of geese		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient
2	shout speech: express	past · progressive	He not said here		everyone	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pass	past	he		the street	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in street=Location

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