Test 4 · The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door

What would probably happen if the kids kept shouting «old witch» at the neighbour?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids · What happens: happen, keep, shout · To what, where: old witch, neighbour

This is test 4 of lesson 473 «The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door» of the everyday 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	4 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 kept	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kids	det
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 kept	nsubj
8	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	advcl
9	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 kept	xcomp
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 witch	punct
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 witch	amod
12	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouting	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 witch	punct
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 neighbour	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 neighbour	det
16	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouting	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	happen	would				probably property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	past	the kids				tree rules
3	shout speech: express	gerund	the kids not said here	old witch	the neighbour		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Topic

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 council would give them a prize for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 council	det
2	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 give	aux
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 give	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 prize	det
7	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would	the council	a prize	them = they			for prize	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Recipient prize=Theme for it=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

More trouble with her and their parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 trouble	amod
2	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 her	case
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trouble	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 parents	cc
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 parents	nmod:poss
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 her	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

She'd become their best friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 become	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 become	aux
3	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friend	nmod:poss
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 friend	amod
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	would	She	their best friend					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

She'd give them a big apology

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 give	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
3	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 give	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 apology	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 apology	amod
7	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would	She	a big apology	them = they				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient apology=Theme

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