Test 2 · ★ · Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides to a funeral, then s…

bro, were the eels just chillin in the brandy or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: eels · What happens: be · To what, where: chillin, brandy

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 964 «Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides to a funeral, then sails out and sees a Spanish city» 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chillin	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 chillin	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eels	det
5	eels	eel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 chillin	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 chillin	advmod
7	chillin	chillin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 brandy	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 brandy	det
10	brandy	brandy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chillin	nmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 what	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 brandy	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 chillin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the eels	chillin		the brandy		bro vocative	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.

The options

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

they were fat, and the eel-breeder said they needed brandy to bury them

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fat	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fat	cop
3	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 said	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 breeder	det
7	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 breeder	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 eel	punct
9	breeder	breeder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fat	parataxis
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 needed	nsubj
12	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
13	brandy	brandy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 needed	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 bury	mark
15	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 needed	advcl
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 bury	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	they		fat property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the eel breeder			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	need	past	they	brandy		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot brandy=Theme
4	bury	to-infinitive	they not said here	them = they		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

they were thin, and the cook said they needed salt to cure them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thin	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thin	cop
3	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 said	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cook	det
7	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thin	parataxis
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 needed	nsubj
10	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	ccomp
11	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 needed	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 cure	mark
13	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 needed	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 cure	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	they		thin property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the cook			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	need	past	they	salt		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot salt=Theme
4	cure	to-infinitive	they not said here	them = they		vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer they=Source

Option 3

they were fat, and the eel-breeder said they needed brandy to bury them in the pond

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fat	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fat	cop
3	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 said	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 breeder	det
7	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 breeder	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 eel	punct
9	breeder	breeder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fat	parataxis
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 needed	nsubj
12	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
13	brandy	brandy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 needed	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 bury	mark
15	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 needed	xcomp
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 bury	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 pond	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 pond	det
19	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bury	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	they			fat property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the eel breeder				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	need	past	they	brandy			tree rules
4	bury not said to happen	to-infinitive	brandy not said here	them = they	the pond		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in pond=Destination

Option 4

they were fat, and the eel-breeder said they needed brandy to bury them alive in the mud

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fat	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fat	cop
3	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 said	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 breeder	det
7	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 breeder	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 eel	punct
9	breeder	breeder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fat	parataxis
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 needed	nsubj
12	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
13	brandy	brandy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 needed	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 bury	mark
15	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 needed	xcomp
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 bury	obj
17	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bury	xcomp
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 mud	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 mud	det
20	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bury	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	they			fat property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the eel breeder				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	need	past	they	brandy			tree rules
4	bury not said to happen	to-infinitive	brandy not said here	them = they	the mud	alive property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in mud=Destination

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