Test 10 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is t…

Sus, why did the King's turban fall off?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sus · What happens: fall off

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1462 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is taken in, buys a cat, and sends her to 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	Sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fall	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fall	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 fall	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fall	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 turban	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 King	case
8	turban	turban	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fall	nsubj
9	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 fall	compound:prt
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 fall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall off	past · do-support	Sus						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

A bird had flown into his face while he was sitting on the throne

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flown	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flown	aux
4	flown	fly	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 face	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 face	nmod:poss
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flown	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 sitting	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sitting	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 sitting	aux
11	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 flown	advcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 throne	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 throne	det
14	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past · perfect · passive		a bird		bird's face			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into face=Trajectory
2	sit	past · progressive	bird			the throne			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location

Option 2

He had seen the most miraculous cat in all the land

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 seen	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	aux
3	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cat	det
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 miraculous	advmod
6	miraculous	miraculous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cat	amod
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seen	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 land	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 land	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 land	det
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · perfect	He	the miraculous cat		all land			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His heart heaved with joy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 heart	nmod:poss
2	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heaved	nsubj
3	heaved	heave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 joy	case
5	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heaved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heave	participle	His heart					with joy	vn push-12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He was struck with wonder

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 struck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 wonder	case
5	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive		He				with wonder	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with wonder=Instrument

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