Test 1 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bri…

Bruv, did the fox actually lie on the doorstep pretending to be dead?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bruv · What happens: do, lie, pretend, be · To what, where: fox, doorstep

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 702 «Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fox	det
5	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 lie	advmod
7	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 doorstep	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 doorstep	det
10	doorstep	doorstep	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lie	obl
11	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 lie	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	14 dead	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 dead	cop
14	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pretending	xcomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	Bruv	the fox			tree rules
2	lie	present	Bruv not said here		the doorstep	actually property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on doorstep=Location
3	pretend	gerund	Bruv not said here				tree rules
4	is	to-infinitive	Bruv not said here			dead property	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

Yeah, to see if the Count was well sorted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 sorted	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Count	det
7	Count	Count	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sorted	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sorted	aux:pass
9	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 sorted	advmod
10	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 see	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	to-infinitive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	sort a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		the Count				well property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, to check if Count Piro was proper grateful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 check	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 check	punct
3	to	to	PART	_	4 check	mark
4	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 grateful	mark
6	Count	Count	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 grateful	nsubj
7	Piro	Piro	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Count	flat
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 grateful	cop
9	proper	properly	ADV	_	10 grateful	advmod
10	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 check	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	to-infinitive							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a condition, not said to happen	past	Count					grateful, properly property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he lay on the step pretending to be dead just to check if Count Piro was proper grateful for all he'd done

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 lay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lay	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lay	nsubj
4	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 step	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 step	det
7	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lay	obl
8	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 lay	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	11 dead	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 dead	cop
11	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pretending	xcomp
12	just	just	ADV	_	14 check	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 check	mark
14	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 pretending	conj
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	20 grateful	mark
16	Count	Count	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 grateful	nsubj
17	Piro	Piro	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Count	flat
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 grateful	cop
19	proper	properly	ADV	_	20 grateful	advmod
20	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 check	ccomp
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 all	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 grateful	obl
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 done	nsubj
24	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 done	aux
25	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 all	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	lie	past	he	on the step	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location
2	pretend	gerund	he not said here		tree rules
3	is	to-infinitive	he not said here	dead property	tree rules
4	check	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	is a condition, not said to happen	past	Count	for all; grateful, properly property	tree rules
6	do	past · perfect	Count		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yeah, he flopped down on the doorstep acting dead, cos he wanted to see if Count Piro was dead proper grateful

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 flopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 flopped	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flopped	nsubj
4	flopped	flop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 flopped	compound:prt
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 doorstep	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 doorstep	det
8	doorstep	doorstep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flopped	obl
9	acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 flopped	advcl
10	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 acting	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wanted	punct
12	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	14 wanted	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 wanted	nsubj
14	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flopped	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 see	mark
16	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 wanted	xcomp
17	if	if	SCONJ	_	21 dead	mark
18	Count	Count	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 dead	nsubj
19	Piro	Piro	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Count	flat
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 dead	cop
21	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 see	ccomp
22	proper	properly	ADV	_	23 grateful	advmod
23	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 dead	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	flop down	past	he	the doorstep		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on doorstep=Location
2	act	gerund	he not said here		dead property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	want	past	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	is a condition, not said to happen	past	Count		dead property	tree rules
6	be		Count not said here		properly property	tree rules

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