Test 11 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'…

Oi, what stopped the door from shutting that night?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: stop, shut · To what, where: door

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» 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	Oi	oi	INTJ	_	4 stopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 stopped	nsubj
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stopped	obj
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 shutting	mark
8	shutting	shut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stopped	advcl
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 night	det
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shutting	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past		the door					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality door=Eventuality
2	shut	gerund					night		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

A bit of wood Pinkel had wedged under it with his bare hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bit	det
2	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wedged	obl:unmarked
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wood	case
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	nmod
5	Pinkel	Pinkel	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 wedged	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wedged	aux
7	wedged	wedge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	under	under	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wedged	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 hands	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hands	nmod:poss
12	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hands	amod
13	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wedged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wedge	past · perfect	Pinkel	a bit of wood		wood		with Pinkel's bare hands	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent under it=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A bit of wood Pinkel had wedged under it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bit	det
2	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wedged	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wood	case
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	nmod
5	Pinkel	Pinkel	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wood	appos
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wedged	aux
7	wedged	wedge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	under	under	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wedged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wedge	past · perfect · passive		a bit of wood		wood			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme under it=Trajectory

Option 3

The witch's broom, shoved under the frame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broom	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 witch	case
4	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 shoved	punct
6	shoved	shove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 broom	acl
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 frame	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 frame	det
9	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shoved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove	participle		the witch's broom not said here		the frame			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent under frame=Destination

Option 4

A broken oar from the boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 oar	det
2	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 oar	amod
3	oar	oar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 boat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boat	det
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 oar	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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