Test 1 · ★ · Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the…
so the wicked brother reckons the jasmine's his now, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: wicked brother · What happens: reckon · To what, where: jasmine
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 reckons | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 brother | det |
| 3 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 brother | amod |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reckons | nsubj |
| 5 | reckons | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 jasmine | det |
| 7 | jasmine | jasmine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reckons | obj |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 jasmine | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 jasmine | nmod:poss |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 reckons | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 yeah | punct |
| 12 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 reckons | discourse |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reckons | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | present | the wicked brother | brother's jasmine | now | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent jasmine=Attribute |
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, he stuck it right by his bed like a proper trophy, innit, and then he started boasting about it
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 stuck | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stuck | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stuck | nsubj |
| 4 | stuck | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stuck | obj |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 9 bed | advmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 bed | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 bed | nmod:poss |
| 9 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stuck | obl |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 trophy | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 trophy | det |
| 12 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 trophy | amod |
| 13 | trophy | trophy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bed | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 stuck | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 started | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 started | cc |
| 18 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 started | advmod |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 started | nsubj |
| 20 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stuck | conj |
| 21 | boasting | boast | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 20 started | xcomp |
| 22 | about | about | ADP | _ | 23 it | case |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 boasting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | past | he | it | by his bed like a proper trophy | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme by bed=Destination | |||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | he not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | start | past | he | then | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | boast speech: other | gerund | he not said here | about trophy | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
Option 2
Yeah, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 mate | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Nah, he gave it to the bees, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 bees | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bees | det |
| 8 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mate | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bees | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | it | the bees and mate | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to bee=Recipient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he stuck it by his bed, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 stuck | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stuck | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stuck | nsubj |
| 4 | stuck | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stuck | obj |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 bed | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 bed | nmod:poss |
| 8 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stuck | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 innit | punct |
| 10 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | past | he | it | by his bed and innit | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme by bed=Destination |
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