Test 9 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl give…

Mate, what did the king say about getting the job done?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate, job · What happens: do, say, get · To what, where: king, job · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Mate	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	about	about	SCONJ	_	9 getting	mark
9	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 say	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 job	det
11	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 getting	obj
12	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 getting	xcomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	Mate	the king	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	Mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get	gerund		the job	tree rules
4	do	participle	the job not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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

Finish it or be thrown out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finish	finish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Finish	obj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 thrown	cc
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 thrown	aux:pass
5	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Finish	conj
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 thrown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	imperative	you not said here	it					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality
2	throw out	infinitive · passive	you not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Option 2

Bake it fast or be fined

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bake	bake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Bake	obj
3	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Bake	advmod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 fined	cc
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 fined	aux:pass
6	fined	fine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Bake	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bake	imperative	you not said here	it				fast property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product
2	fine	infinitive · passive	you not said here						vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Do it or lose your head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Do	obj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 lose	cc
4	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	conj
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	lose	infinitive	you not said here	your head					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality

Option 4

Do your best, and if you fail I will give you a horse and let you go home

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 best	nmod:poss
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 Do	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 give	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 give	cc
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 fail	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 fail	nsubj
8	fail	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 give	advcl
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 give	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 give	aux
11	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Do	parataxis
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 give	iobj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 horse	det
14	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	iobj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 let	cc
16	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 give	conj
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 let	obj
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 let	xcomp
19	home	home	ADV	_	18 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here	your best			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality
2	fail a condition, not said to happen	present	you				vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give	future	I		a horse		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient horse=Theme
4	let	infinitive	I not said here	you			tree rules
5	go	infinitive	you not said here			home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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