Test 1 · ★ · Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the…

Mate, did the boy actually nick the Gray Sisters' one eye, or did they just lose it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate, Sisters · What happens: do, nick, lose · To what, where: boy, Gray Sisters, Mate

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1457 «Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the Cap, Sword and Shoes on his quest» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 nick	advmod
7	nick	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sisters	det
9	Gray	Gray	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Sisters	amod
10	Sisters	Sister	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 nick	obj
11	'	's	PART	_	10 Sisters	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 eye	nummod
13	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Sisters	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 did	punct
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 did	cc
16	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 did	conj
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 lose	nsubj
18	just	just	ADV	_	19 lose	advmod
19	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 did	ccomp
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 lose	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	Mate	the boy		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality
2	nick	present	Mate not said here	the Gray Sisters	actually property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient
3	do	past	Mate not said here			tree rules
4	lose	present	Sisters = sister	Mate		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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 swiped it from the second one, who was groping about, real smooth and cheeky

The tree, 15 words

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 swiped	nsubj
2	swiped	swipe	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 swiped	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 one	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swiped	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 groping	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 groping	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 groping	aux
11	groping	grope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 one	acl:relcl
12	about	about	ADV	_	11 groping	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 smooth	punct
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 smooth	amod
15	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 swiped	parataxis
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 cheeky	cc
17	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 smooth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swipe	past	He	it				from the second one	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from one=Source
2	grope	past · progressive	the second one					about property	vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Honestly, bro, the sisters lost it themselves, they were that useless, and he just happened to be standing by when it fell

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Honestly	honestly	ADV	_	7 lost	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Honestly	punct
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sisters	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sisters	det
6	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bro	conj
7	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lost	obj
9	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 lost	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 useless	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 useless	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 useless	cop
13	that	that	ADP	_	14 useless	case
14	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lost	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 happened	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 happened	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 happened	nsubj
18	just	just	ADV	_	19 happened	advmod
19	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lost	conj
20	to	to	PART	_	22 standing	mark
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 standing	aux
22	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 happened	advcl
23	by	by	SCONJ	_	26 fell	mark
24	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	26 fell	advmod
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 fell	nsubj
26	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 standing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	past	bro and the sisters	it	bro obl; honestly property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	is	past	bro		useless property	tree rules
3	happen	past	he			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stand	to-infinitive · progressive	he not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	fall	past	it			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He totally nicked it right out of the second one's hand, proper sneaky

The tree, 14 words

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	3 nicked	nsubj
2	totally	totally	ADV	_	3 nicked	advmod
3	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 nicked	obj
5	right	right	ADV	_	12 hand	advmod
6	out	out	ADP	_	12 hand	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	12 hand	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 one	det
9	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 one	amod
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hand	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 one	case
12	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nicked	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sneaky	punct
14	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sneaky	amod
15	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	He	it		the second one's hand		totally property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme out hand=Source

Option 4

They dropped it themselves, bro, it just slipped out of their hands on the floor

The tree, 15 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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dropped	obj
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	2 dropped	obl:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bro	punct
6	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	parataxis
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 slipped	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 slipped	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 slipped	advmod
10	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	parataxis
11	out	out	ADP	_	14 hands	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 hands	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 hands	nmod:poss
14	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 slipped	obl
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 floor	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 floor	det
17	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 slipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	They	it				themselves = they obl:unmarked	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	slip out	past	bro	their hands		the floor			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

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