Test 2 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess str…

Gutted for her, right? Every two steps forward and she's sent back one, proper knackering!

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: gut, send back, knacker · To what, where: two steps

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» 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

Sentence 1: Gutted for her, right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 her	case
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Gutted	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Gutted	punct
5	right	right	INTJ	_	1 Gutted	discourse
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	participle						for her = she	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: Every two steps forward and she's sent back one, proper knackering!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 steps	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 steps	nummod
3	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sent	nsubj:pass
4	forward	forward	ADV	_	3 steps	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 steps	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sent	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sent	aux
8	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 sent	advmod
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 sent	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 knackering	punct
12	proper	properly	ADV	_	13 knackering	advmod
13	knackering	knacker	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 sent	conj
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send back	present · passive		every two steps					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination one=Theme
2	knacker	gerund						properly property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she gets fully slowed down on that sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 slowed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 slowed	nsubj
4	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 slowed	aux:pass
5	fully	fully	ADV	_	6 slowed	advmod
6	slowed	slow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 slowed	compound:prt
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 sand	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 sand	det
10	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slow down	present · passive		she		that sand		fully property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Yeah, she has to cross the sand and it slows her down really badly every time she goes

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cross	mark
6	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 has	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sand	det
8	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cross	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 slows	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 slows	nsubj
11	slows	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 has	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 slows	obj
13	down	down	ADP	_	11 slows	compound:prt
14	really	really	ADV	_	15 badly	advmod
15	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 slows	advmod
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 time	det
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 slows	obl:unmarked
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 goes	nsubj
19	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 time	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	she				tree rules
2	cross	to-infinitive	she not said here	the sand			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Patient
3	slow down	present	sand	her = she	time	badly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient
4	go	present	she	every time not said here			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, that desert sand slows her down so much she can barely move forward at all now

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 slows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 slows	punct
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 sand	det
4	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sand	compound
5	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slows	nsubj
6	slows	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 move	advcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 slows	obj
8	down	down	ADP	_	6 slows	compound:prt
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 much	advmod
10	much	much	ADV	_	14 move	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 move	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 move	aux
13	barely	barely	ADV	_	14 move	advmod
14	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	forward	forward	ADV	_	14 move	advmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 move	obl
18	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slow down	present	that desert sand	her = she					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	move forward	can	sand			all	now	barely, forward property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory

Option 4

Yeah, the sand slows her right down a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 slows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 slows	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sand	det
4	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slows	nsubj
5	slows	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slows	obj
7	right	right	ADV	_	8 down	advmod
8	down	down	ADV	_	5 slows	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lot	det
10	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slows	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slow	present	the sand	her = she				a lot obl:unmarked; down property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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