Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king…
how'd the king get back on the black horse, like, seriously?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: get back
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1289 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king loses the last game and rides off to steal the sword» 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 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 get | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 horse | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 horse | det |
| 9 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 horse | amod |
| 10 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 seriously | punct |
| 12 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 14 seriously | discourse |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 like | punct |
| 14 | seriously | seriously | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 seriously | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | present | the king | on the black horse; seriously property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on horse=Source |
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
he flew straight up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 flew | nsubj |
| 2 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 4 up | advmod |
| 4 | up | up | ADV | _ | 2 flew | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | past | he | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
he grabbed the mane and pulled up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 grabbed | nsubj |
| 2 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mane | det |
| 4 | mane | mane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grabbed | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 pulled | cc |
| 6 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 grabbed | conj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 pulled | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | he | the mane | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mane=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pull up | participle | he not said here | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
he rode it by the tail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rode | nsubj |
| 2 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rode | obj |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 tail | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tail | det |
| 6 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rode | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | he | it | by the tail | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |
Option 4
the queen lifted him up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 queen | det |
| 2 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lifted | nsubj |
| 3 | lifted | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lifted | obj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 lifted | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift up | past | the queen | him = he | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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