Test 1 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's t…

Bro, what did Labakan's old boss do when he showed up?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: do, show up · To what, where: old boss

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 719 «Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's tailor shop and Lizina's first days with the cats» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 do	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 Bro	acl:relcl
5	Labakan	Labakan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 boss	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Labakan	case
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boss	amod
8	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 showed	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 showed	nsubj
12	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 do	acl:relcl
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 showed	compound:prt
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	Bro	Labakan's old boss	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boss=Eventuality
2	do	present	Bro		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	show up	past	Bro		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He paid him for the robe

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 paid	nsubj
2	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 paid	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 robe	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 robe	det
6	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	He	him = he				for the robe	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for robe=Theme

Option 2

He begged for his money back

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 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 money	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 money	nmod:poss
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begged	obl
6	back	back	ADV	_	2 begged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	He					for his money	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for money=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He yelled and had the workers beat him

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 yelled	nsubj
2	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 had	cc
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 yelled	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 workers	det
6	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 beat	nsubj
7	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 had	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 beat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	yell speech: express	past	He		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	past	He not said here		tree rules
3	beat	present	the workers	him = he	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme

Option 4

He shouted and sent for the guard

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 sent	cc
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shouted	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 guard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 guard	det
7	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	send	past	He not said here					for the guard	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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