Test 5 · ★ · Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a…
Be real, did Jimmu keep all the gold or give some back?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Jimmu · What happens: be, keep, give · To what, where: gold, back
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 724 «Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and makes its owner rich» 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 | Be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 2 real | cop |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 keep | punct |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 keep | aux |
| 5 | Jimmu | Jimmu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 keep | nsubj |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 real | parataxis |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 gold | det:predet |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gold | det |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 keep | obj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 give | cc |
| 11 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 keep | conj |
| 12 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 back | det |
| 13 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 give | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | imperative | you not said here | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep | past · do-support | Jimmu | all gold | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | ||||
| 3 | give | infinitive | Jimmu not said here | some back | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=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 · ✓ the right answer
he gave the seller a hundred pieces
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 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 seller | det |
| 4 | seller | seller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hundred | det |
| 6 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 pieces | nummod |
| 7 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | the seller | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent seller=Recipient piece=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
he returned a few coins only
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 returned | nsubj |
| 2 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 coins | det |
| 4 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 coins | amod |
| 5 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 returned | obj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 2 returned | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past | he | a few coins | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |
Option 3
he gave the seller a hundred pieces of gold and kept the rest for his family and the village
The tree, 19 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 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 seller | det |
| 4 | seller | seller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hundred | det |
| 6 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 pieces | nummod |
| 7 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gave | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 gold | case |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pieces | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 kept | cc |
| 11 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 gave | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 rest | det |
| 13 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 kept | obj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 family | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 family | nmod:poss |
| 16 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 kept | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 village | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 village | det |
| 19 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | the seller | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent seller=Recipient piece=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep | past | he not said here | the rest | for his family | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme |
Option 4
he kept most of the gold but gave the seller a hundred pieces as a thank-you present
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 kept | nsubj |
| 2 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 kept | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 gold | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gold | det |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 most | nmod |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 gave | cc |
| 8 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 kept | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 seller | det |
| 10 | seller | seller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gave | obj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 hundred | det |
| 12 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 pieces | nummod |
| 13 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 gave | obj |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 thank | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 thank | det |
| 16 | thank | thank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gave | obl |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 you | punct |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 thank | flat |
| 19 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 thank | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | most of the gold | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give | past | he not said here | the seller | as a thank | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent seller=Recipient piece=Theme |
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