Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Pr…

Oi, why was Jack chucking clay everywhere?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack · What happens: chuck · To what, where: clay

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 820 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Princess with clay, a crow and a wooden shoe» 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chucking	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 chucking	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chucking	aux
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 chucking	nsubj
6	chucking	chuck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Oi	conj
7	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chucking	obj
8	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 chucking	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past · progressive	Jack	clay				everywhere property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clay=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

Cos the clerks were being well annoying and he wanted a laugh, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	7 annoying	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 clerks	det
3	clerks	clerk	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 annoying	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 annoying	cop
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 annoying	cop
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 annoying	advmod
7	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 innit	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wanted	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wanted	nsubj
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 annoying	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 laugh	det
12	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wanted	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 annoying	punct
14	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the clerks					annoying, well property	tree rules
2	want	past	he	a laugh					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot laugh=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cos it was a proper laugh, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	6 laugh	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 laugh	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 laugh	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 laugh	det
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 laugh	amod
6	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 innit	punct
8	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laugh	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a proper laugh and innit					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cos he was bored of the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 bored	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bored	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bored	aux:pass
4	bored	bore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hall	det
7	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bore	past · passive		he				of the hall	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 4

Cos he was angry at the head clerk for shouting, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 angry	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 angry	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 clerk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 clerk	det
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 clerk	compound
8	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 angry	obl
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 shouting	mark
10	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 clerk	acl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 clerk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			the head clerk and innit		angry property	tree rules
2	shout speech: express	gerund	the head clerk and innit not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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