Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man, part 188: a thaw com…

bruv, did the dog get sent out cos he bit someone?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: send out, bite · To what, where: bruv, someone

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 977 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man, part 188: a thaw comes, and the Snow Man longs for the stove» 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sent	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bruv	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sent	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sent	nsubj:pass
6	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 sent	aux:pass
7	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 sent	compound:prt
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	11 bit	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bit	nsubj
11	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sent	advcl
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 bit	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send out	past · passive · do-support		bruv					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	bite	past	dog	someone					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient

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

nah, he chased the cat away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 chased	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chased	nsubj
4	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 chased	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase away	past	he	the cat				away property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he bit the kid who kicked his bone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 bit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bit	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bit	nsubj
4	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kid	det
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bit	obj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 kicked	nsubj
8	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kid	acl:relcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bone	nmod:poss
10	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kicked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	he	the kid					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient
2	kick	past	the kid	kid's bone					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bone=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, he bit the kid who kicked his bone away at the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 bit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bit	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bit	nsubj
4	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kid	det
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bit	obj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 kicked	nsubj
8	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kid	acl:relcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bone	nmod:poss
10	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kicked	obj
11	away	away	ADV	_	8 kicked	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 gate	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gate	det
14	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	he	the kid					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient
2	kick away	past	the kid	kid's bone		the gate		away property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bone=Patient at gate=Location

Option 4

yeah, he kicked the kid back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kicked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	nsubj
4	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kid	det
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kicked	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	4 kicked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick back	past	he	the kid					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent kid=Patient

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