Test 14 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp…

Zoe from Cape Town: «lekker, so Daddy was annoyed by the game?» (lekker = great) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Daddy, lekker · What happens: be, put · To what, where: game

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 87 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp-fish's mouth, a tail, an egg and a snake» 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

Sentence 1: Zoe from Cape Town: «lekker, so Daddy was annoyed by the game?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 lekker	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 Town	case
3	Cape	Cape	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Town	compound
4	Town	Town	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Zoe	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 lekker	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 lekker	punct
7	lekker	lekker	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 annoyed	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 annoyed	advmod
10	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 annoyed	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 annoyed	cop
12	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lekker	amod
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 game	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 game	det
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 annoyed	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 lekker	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 lekker	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Daddy					by the game; annoyed 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.

Sentence 2: (lekker = great) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 lekker	punct
2	lekker	lekker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Put	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 great	punct
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lekker	amod
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 lekker	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Put	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive	lekker	game				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No: he was «quite incited too», his eyes shining with excitement

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 eyes	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 incited	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 incited	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 incited	aux
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 incited	punct
6	quite	quite	ADV	_	7 incited	advmod
7	incited	incite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 eyes	amod
8	too	too	ADV	_	7 incited	advmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 incited	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 eyes	punct
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 eyes	nmod:poss
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
13	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 eyes	acl
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 excitement	case
15	excitement	excitement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incite in a quote	past · passive	he						vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition
2	shine	gerund	his incited eyes not said here					with excitement	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with excitement=Theme

Option 2

No: he was quite bored, and his face looked grumpy all afternoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 bored	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 bored	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bored	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bored	cop
5	quite	quite	ADV	_	6 bored	advmod
6	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 looked	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 looked	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 looked	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 face	nmod:poss
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 looked	nsubj
11	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 looked	xcomp
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 afternoon	det
14	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 looked	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					bored property	tree rules
2	look	past	no bored				afternoon	grumpy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes: he was quite annoyed by the game and his eyes were dark with anger at Taffy's loud drawing and noise

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 annoyed	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 annoyed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 annoyed	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 annoyed	cop
5	quite	quite	ADV	_	6 annoyed	advmod
6	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 game	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 annoyed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 dark	cc
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 eyes	nmod:poss
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 dark	nsubj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 dark	cop
14	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 annoyed	conj
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 anger	case
16	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dark	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	21 drawing	case
18	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 drawing	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Taffy	case
20	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 drawing	amod
21	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 annoyed	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 noise	cc
23	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 drawing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he	Taffy's loud drawing and noise	by the game; annoyed property	tree rules
2	is	past	his eyes		with anger; dark property	tree rules
3	draw		Taffy			nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Yes: he was quite annoyed, his face red and his voice loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 annoyed	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 annoyed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 annoyed	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 annoyed	cop
5	quite	quite	ADV	_	6 annoyed	advmod
6	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 red	punct
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 face	nmod:poss
9	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 red	nsubj
10	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 annoyed	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 voice	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 voice	nmod:poss
13	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 annoyed	conj
14	loud	loud	ADV	_	13 voice	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					annoyed property	tree rules
2	be		his face						tree rules

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