Test 6 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bri…
Did the fox mess about with the pears and the king, like, proper?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fox · What happens: mess about
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fox | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fox | det |
| 3 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mess | nsubj |
| 4 | mess | mess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 mess | advmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 pears | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pears | det |
| 8 | pears | pear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 mess | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 king | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pears | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 proper | punct |
| 13 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 15 proper | discourse |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 like | punct |
| 15 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mess | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mess | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mess about | present | the fox | with the pears and the king; about 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he nicked pears and sent them up to the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 nicked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 nicked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 nicked | nsubj |
| 4 | nicked | nick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | pears | pear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 nicked | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sent | cc |
| 7 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 nicked | conj |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sent | obj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 sent | compound:prt |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 king | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nick | past | he | pears | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pear=Patient | ||||
| 2 | send up | past | he not said here | pears = pear | the king | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to king=Destination |
Option 2
Yeah, he nicked pears from the orchard and sent them up to the king as a gift, every single day
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 nicked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 nicked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 nicked | nsubj |
| 4 | nicked | nick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | pears | pear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 nicked | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 orchard | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 orchard | det |
| 8 | orchard | orchard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nicked | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sent | cc |
| 10 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 nicked | conj |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sent | obj |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 sent | compound:prt |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 king | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sent | obl |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 gift | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 gift | det |
| 18 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sent | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 day | punct |
| 20 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 day | det |
| 21 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 day | amod |
| 22 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nicked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nick | past | he | pears | the orchard | day | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pear=Theme from orchard=Source | ||
| 2 | send up | past | he not said here | pears = pear | the king | as a gift | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to king=Destination |
Option 3
Yeah, he got the pears off the youth, nicked loads and sent them up to the king in baskets
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pears | det |
| 6 | pears | pear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 youth | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 youth | det |
| 9 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 loads | punct |
| 11 | nicked | nick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 loads | amod |
| 12 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 youth | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 sent | cc |
| 14 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | conj |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 sent | obj |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 14 sent | compound:prt |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 king | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 king | det |
| 19 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sent | obl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 baskets | case |
| 21 | baskets | basket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | the pears | off the youth and nicked loads | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pear=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | nick | participle | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | send up | past | he not said here | pears = pear | the king | baskets | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to king=Destination |
Option 4
Yeah, he pinched pears and sent them to the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 pinched | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 pinched | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pinched | nsubj |
| 4 | pinched | pinch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | pears | pear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pinched | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sent | cc |
| 7 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pinched | conj |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sent | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 king | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pinch | past | he | pears | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pear=Theme | ||||
| 2 | send | past | he not said here | pears = pear | the king | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to king=Destination |
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