Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mother, part 82: Little…

What does the old man want the boy to tell him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man, boy · What happens: want, tell · To what, where: boy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 871 «Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mother, part 82: Little Claus tricks Great Claus into the river, and an old man begins a story from the teapot» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 want	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 want	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 want	nsubj
6	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 want	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 tell	mark
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 want	xcomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tell	iobj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present · do-support	the old man	the boy					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	the boy not said here		boy				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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

Who his best mate is at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mate	nmod:poss
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 mate	amod
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Who	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Who	cop
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Who	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	his best mate			school			tree rules

Option 2

What he got for his birthday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 got	obj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 birthday	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 birthday	nmod:poss
6	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he					for his birthday	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent what=Theme for birthday=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Where he hid his football

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	3 hid	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 football	nmod:poss
5	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	he	his football					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

How deep the gutter is in his street

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 deep	advmod
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gutter	amod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gutter	det
4	gutter	gutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 street	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 street	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 street	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 street	nmod:poss
8	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the deep gutter			his street			tree rules

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