Test 1 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1…

Kofi: «the Magician saw the Crab run off but let him, no cap.» (no cap = honestly) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kofi, Crab, cap · What happens: see, run off, let, put · To what, where: cap, Crab · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 90 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave» 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: Kofi: «the Magician saw the Crab run off but let him, no cap.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 saw	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Kofi	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 saw	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Magician	det
5	Magician	Magician	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 saw	nsubj
6	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Crab	det
8	Crab	Crab	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 run	nsubj
9	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 saw	ccomp
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 run	compound:prt
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 let	cc
12	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 run	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 let	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 cap	punct
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 cap	det
16	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saw	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 cap	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 cap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see in a quote	past	Kofi	no cap	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	run off in a quote	present	the Crab		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	let in a quote	infinitive	the Crab not said here	Crab	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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.

Sentence 2: (no cap = honestly) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 cap	punct
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 cap	det
3	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	=	=	SYM	_	7 Put	punct
5	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	7 Put	advmod
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 honestly	punct
7	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cap	acl:relcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 Put	obj
9	right	right	ADV	_	7 Put	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive	no cap not said here	cap				honestly, right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

Everyone saw the Crab run off, and the Magician let him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Crab	det
4	Crab	Crab	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 saw	xcomp
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 run	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 let	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 let	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Magician	det
10	Magician	Magician	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 let	nsubj
11	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 let	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	past	Everyone	the Crab	tree rules
2	run off	infinitive	the Crab not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	let	infinitive	the Magician	Crab	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

The Man saw the Crab run off, but the Magician did not, and nobody cared at all

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Man	det
2	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Crab	det
5	Crab	Crab	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 run	nsubj
6	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saw	ccomp
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 run	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 did	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 did	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Magician	det
11	Magician	Magician	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 did	nsubj
12	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	conj
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 did	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cared	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 cared	cc
16	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	17 cared	nsubj
17	cared	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	conj
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 cared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	see	past	the Man		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	run off	infinitive	the Crab		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not do	past	the Magician		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	care	past	nobody	all	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nobody saw him go except the little girl, who said nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	obj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 saw	xcomp
5	except	except	ADP	_	8 girl	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 girl	amod
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 girl	acl:relcl
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	past	Nobody	him = he	except the little girl	tree rules
2	go	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	the little girl	nothing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The Magician did see him go but said nothing at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Magician	det
2	Magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	obj
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 see	xcomp
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 said	cc
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 see	conj
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 said	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	see	past · do-support	the Magician	him = he		tree rules
2	go	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	the Magician not said here	nothing	all	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

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