Test 6 · ★ · Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Fr…

Tom's dad gave him a sword, but what was it really?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad · What happens: give, be · To what, where: sword, Tom

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» 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	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Tom	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sword	det
7	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 what	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 what	cc
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 gave	parataxis
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 it	cop
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 what	nsubj
13	really	really	ADV	_	10 what	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Tom's dad	a sword	Tom				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sword=Theme
2	is a	past		sword					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

A tiny silver sword with a jeweled hilt that his father had bought from a merchant

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sword	det
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sword	amod
3	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sword	compound
4	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 hilt	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hilt	det
7	jeweled	jewel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 hilt	amod
8	hilt	hilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sword	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 bought	nsubj:pass
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 father	nmod:poss
11	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bought	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 bought	aux
13	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 hilt	acl:relcl
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 merchant	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 merchant	det
16	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jewel	participle							tree rules
2	buy	past · perfect · passive		a jeweled hilt		a merchant			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from merchant=Source

Option 2

A long needle tipped with red wax

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 needle	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 needle	amod
3	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	tipped	tip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 needle	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 wax	case
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wax	amod
7	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip	participle		a long needle not said here				with red wax	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A darning needle with sealing wax on top

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 needle	det
2	darning	darning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needle	compound
3	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 wax	case
5	sealing	sealing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wax	compound
6	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needle	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 top	case
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wax	nmod

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

Option 4

A real steel blade in a leather scabbard with a brass guard and a red tassel

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 blade	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 blade	amod
3	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blade	compound
4	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 scabbard	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 scabbard	det
7	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scabbard	compound
8	scabbard	scabbard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blade	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 guard	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 guard	det
11	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 guard	compound
12	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scabbard	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 tassel	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 tassel	det
15	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tassel	amod
16	tassel	tassel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blade	conj

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

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