Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is…
Whit's the name o' the spooky stick stuck in the door?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Whit · What happens: be, stick · To what, where: name, spooky stick, door
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1302 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is killed and revived by the deer, then the birds carry him under the sea» 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 | Whit | whit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 name | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 name | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 name | det |
| 4 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | o | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 9 stick | case |
| 6 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 stick | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 stick | det |
| 8 | spooky | spooky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 stick | amod |
| 9 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 name | nmod |
| 10 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 stick | acl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 door | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 door | det |
| 13 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stuck | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 name | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Whit | the name | of the spooky stick | tree rules | |||
| 2 | stick | participle | the spooky stick not said here | the door | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in door=Destination |
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
The thorn o' harm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 thorn | det |
| 2 | thorn | thorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 harm | nmod:poss |
| 3 | o | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 4 ' | case |
| 4 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 2 thorn | case |
| 5 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | harm | the thorn | nom harm «state transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The spike of hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 spike | det |
| 2 | spike | spike | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 hurt | case |
| 4 | hurt | hurt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spike | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spike | hurt | nom spike «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The wee cursed stick that the robbers' captain stuck in the door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stick | det |
| 2 | wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stick | amod |
| 3 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 stick | amod |
| 4 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 stuck | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 robbers | det |
| 7 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 captain | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 7 robbers | case |
| 9 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stuck | nsubj |
| 10 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 stick | acl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 door | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 door | det |
| 13 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stuck | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | participle | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | stick | participle | the robbers's captain | the wee cursed stick not said here | the door | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stick=Theme in door=Destination |
Option 4
The spooky iron spike o' cruel hurt stuck in the door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 spike | det |
| 2 | spooky | spooky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 spike | amod |
| 3 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spike | compound |
| 4 | spike | spike | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | o | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 8 hurt | mark |
| 6 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 hurt | punct |
| 7 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 spike | acl:relcl |
| 9 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hurt | xcomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 door | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 door | det |
| 12 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stuck | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | participle · passive | the spooky iron spike not said here | cruel | stuck property | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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