Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is fo…

Wicked, what do the shepherds get up to at midnight?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: shepherds · What happens: get up

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1291 «Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is found, then Puck starts his pranks» 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	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 get	obj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shepherds	det
6	shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wicked	parataxis
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 get	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 midnight	case
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 midnight	case
11	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get up	present · do-support	the shepherds				midnight		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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

They drink ale, merry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drink	nsubj
2	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drink	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 merry	punct
5	merry	merry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ale	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	They	ale					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Patient

Option 2

They sleep in the fields with their sheep, dead tired after a long day

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sleep	nsubj
2	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 fields	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fields	det
5	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sleep	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 sheep	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sheep	nmod:poss
8	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sleep	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tired	punct
10	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tired	amod
11	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sheep	conj
12	after	after	ADP	_	15 day	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 day	det
14	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 day	amod
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	They			the fields	day	with fields's sheep	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They sit around the fire telling stories about ghosts and the wicked giant of the hills

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sit	nsubj
2	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	around	around	ADP	_	5 fire	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sit	obl
6	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sit	advcl
7	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 telling	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 ghosts	case
9	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 telling	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 giant	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 giant	det
12	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 giant	amod
13	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ghosts	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 hills	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hills	det
16	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 giant	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	They			the fire			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around fire=Location
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	They not said here	stories				about ghosts and the wicked giant of the hills	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent story=Recipient about ghost=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They sleep, dead tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sleep	nsubj
2	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sleep	punct
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tired	amod
5	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sleep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	They					tired property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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