Test 5 · ★ · Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the d…

Proper, why was the dwarf so cheesed off, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, cheese off, innit

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» 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	Proper	properly	ADV	_	6 dwarf	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Proper	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 dwarf	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dwarf	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dwarf	det
6	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 cheesed	advmod
8	cheesed	cheese	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 dwarf	advcl
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 cheesed	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 innit	punct
11	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 dwarf	parataxis
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 dwarf	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	is	past	dwarf, properly property	tree rules
2	cheese off	participle		tree rules
3	innit	infinitive		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

Being cut, snagged in the tree, and then dragged into the water by a fish

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cut	aux:pass
2	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 snagged	punct
4	snagged	snag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cut	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 tree	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tree	det
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snagged	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dragged	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dragged	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 dragged	advmod
11	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	conj
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 water	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 water	det
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dragged	obl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 fish	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 fish	det
17	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	gerund · passive				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
2	snag	participle	the tree			tree rules
3	drag	past	the water	then	by a fish	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fish=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Being cut and snagged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cut	aux:pass
2	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 snagged	cc
4	snagged	snag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cut	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	gerund · passive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
2	snag	participle							tree rules

Option 3

Being hungry and tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 hungry	cop
2	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tired	cc
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hungry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						hungry property	tree rules
2	be								tree rules

Option 4

The girls kept cutting his beard and ruining his best coat and boots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girls	det
2	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cutting	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 beard	nmod:poss
6	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cutting	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ruining	cc
8	ruining	ruin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 cutting	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 coat	nmod:poss
10	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 coat	amod
11	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ruining	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 boots	cc
13	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 coat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	past	the girls		tree rules
2	cut	gerund	the girls not said here	his beard	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset beard=Product
3	ruin	gerund	the girls not said here	his best coat and boots	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Patient

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