Test 5 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go d…

Like, what happened to the two posh princes at the altar?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» 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	Like	like	INTJ	_	4 happened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Like	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
4	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 princes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 princes	det
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 princes	nummod
8	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 princes	amod
9	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happened	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 altar	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 altar	det
12	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 princes	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past						to the two posh princes at the altar	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 tumbled through a trapdoor below

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 tumbled	nsubj
2	tumbled	tumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 trapdoor	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trapdoor	det
5	trapdoor	trapdoor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tumbled	obl
6	below	below	ADV	_	5 trapdoor	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tumble	past	They			a trapdoor			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through trapdoor=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They fell through the floor into the vaults beneath the castle, never seen again

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 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 floor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 vaults	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vaults	det
8	vaults	vault	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fell	obl
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	11 castle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 castle	det
11	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 seen	punct
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 seen	advmod
14	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fell	parataxis
15	again	again	ADV	_	14 seen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	They			the floor		into the vaults; beneath the castle	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through floor=Initial_Location into vault=Destination
2	not see	participle					again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They fell through the floor into the vaults

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 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 floor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 vaults	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vaults	det
8	vaults	vault	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	They			the floor		into the vaults	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through floor=Initial_Location into vault=Destination

Option 4

They were struck by the king's guards

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	3 struck	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 guards	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guards	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	the king's guards	They					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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