Test 2 · ★ · Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the…

Bro, why did the Gray Sisters start bawling their eyes out?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: start, bawl out · To what, where: eyes

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 start	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 start	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 start	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 Sisters	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sisters	det
6	Gray	Gray	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Sisters	amod
7	Sisters	Sister	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 start	nsubj
8	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	bawling	bawl	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 start	xcomp
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 eyes	nmod:poss
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bawling	obj
12	out	out	ADV	_	9 bawling	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	Bro						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	bawl out speech: other	gerund	Bro not said here	Sisters's eyes				out property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Topic

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

Cos they were sad about their lost tooth, bro, it hurt them badly

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 sad	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sad	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sad	cop
4	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hurt	advcl
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 tooth	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tooth	nmod:poss
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 tooth	amod
8	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sad	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bro	punct
10	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tooth	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sad	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hurt	nsubj
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hurt	obj
15	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 hurt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	they		about their lost tooth and bro; sad property	tree rules
2	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hurt	past	bro	tooth	badly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cos their tears froze and rattled on the floor after the boy robbed them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 froze	mark
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 tears	nmod:poss
3	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 froze	nsubj
4	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rattled	cc
6	rattled	rattle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 froze	conj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 floor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 floor	det
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rattled	obl
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 robbed	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boy	det
12	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 robbed	nsubj
13	robbed	rob	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rattled	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 robbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	freeze	past	their tears			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	rattle	participle	their tears not said here		the floor	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Location
3	rob	past	the boy	tears = tear		vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Source

Option 3

Cos the boy took their eye and then bit their one tooth as well, so they cried and screamed and their tears froze solid

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 boy	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eye	nmod:poss
6	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bit	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 bit	advmod
9	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 took	conj
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tooth	nmod:poss
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 tooth	nummod
12	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bit	obj
13	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	9 bit	advmod
14	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 as	fixed
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 cried	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	18 cried	advmod
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 cried	nsubj
18	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 took	parataxis
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 screamed	cc
20	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 cried	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 froze	cc
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 tears	nmod:poss
23	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 froze	nsubj
24	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 cried	conj
25	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 froze	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the boy	their eye			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
2	bite	past	the boy not said here	their one tooth	then		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
3	cry speech: express	past	they				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	scream speech: express	past	they not said here				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	freeze	past	their tears			solid property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Cos the boy stole their only eye and their tears froze and rattled on the cave floor like hail, and they wailed all night long

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 boy	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stole	obl
4	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eye	nmod:poss
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 eye	advmod
7	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stole	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 froze	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tears	nmod:poss
10	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 froze	nsubj
11	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stole	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 rattled	cc
13	rattled	rattle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 froze	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	17 floor	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 floor	det
16	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 floor	compound
17	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rattled	obl
18	like	like	ADP	_	19 hail	case
19	hail	hail	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 floor	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 wailed	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 wailed	cc
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 wailed	nsubj
23	wailed	wail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stole	conj
24	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	25 night	det
25	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 wailed	obl:unmarked
26	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	23 wailed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past		their eye			cos the boy	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme
2	freeze	past	their tears					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	rattle	participle	their tears not said here		the cave floor like hail			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Location
4	wail	past	tears = tear			night	long property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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