Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-dog: the jealous Ass w…

Bruv, what happened to the Oak when the storm came?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bruv · What happens: happen, come

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 136 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lap-dog: the jealous Ass wrecks the master's dinner and is beaten» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 came	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
4	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Bruv	acl:relcl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Oak	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Oak	det
7	Oak	Oak	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 happened	obl
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 came	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 storm	det
10	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 came	nsubj
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	Bruv					to the Oak	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	past	Bruv						vn escape-51.1-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice

It got ripped right up and thrown into the river below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ripped	nsubj:pass
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ripped	aux:pass
3	ripped	rip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	right	right	ADV	_	5 up	advmod
5	up	up	ADV	_	3 ripped	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 thrown	cc
7	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ripped	conj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thrown	obl
11	below	below	ADV	_	7 thrown	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rip	past · passive		It					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	throw	participle						into the river result; below property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer into river=Result

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It got ripped up and thrown in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ripped	nsubj:pass
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ripped	aux:pass
3	ripped	rip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 ripped	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 thrown	cc
6	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ripped	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rip up	past · passive		It					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	throw	participle				the river			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in river=Destination

Option 3

It got snapped by the wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 snapped	nsubj:pass
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 snapped	aux:pass
3	snapped	snap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 wind	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wind	det
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 snapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	past · passive	the wind	It					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme

Option 4

It was ripped up by the roots and carried away down the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ripped	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ripped	aux:pass
3	ripped	rip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 ripped	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 roots	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roots	det
7	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ripped	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 carried	cc
9	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ripped	conj
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 carried	advmod
11	down	down	ADP	_	13 river	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rip up	past · passive	the roots	It					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	carry away	past	the roots not said here					down the river; away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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