Test 6 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess str…
Reckon the crawling bit was the worst? Hands and knees and her staff, bruv, that's proper hard graft.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, crawling bit, that · What happens: reckon, be · To what, where: proper hard graft
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Reckon the crawling bit was the worst?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reckon | reckon | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bit | det |
| 3 | crawling | crawling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bit | compound |
| 4 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 worst | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 worst | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 worst | det |
| 7 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 1 Reckon | parataxis |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Reckon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | imperative | you not said here | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the crawling bit | bad property | tree rules |
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: Hands and knees and her staff, bruv, that's proper hard graft.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 knees | cc |
| 3 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hands | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 staff | cc |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 staff | nmod:poss |
| 6 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hands | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bruv | punct |
| 8 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 staff | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 graft | punct |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 graft | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 graft | cop |
| 12 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 graft | amod |
| 13 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 graft | amod |
| 14 | graft | graft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hands | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Hands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | proper hard graft | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she crawls round the big drop with her staff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 crawls | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 crawls | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 crawls | nsubj |
| 4 | crawls | crawl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | round | round | ADP | _ | 8 drop | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 drop | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 drop | amod |
| 8 | drop | drop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crawls | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 staff | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 staff | nmod:poss |
| 11 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drop | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crawl | present | she | the big drop with her staff | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round drop=Trajectory |
Option 2
Yeah, she crawls round the big drop on her hands and knees and her staff helps her
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 crawls | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 crawls | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 crawls | nsubj |
| 4 | crawls | crawl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 helps | advcl |
| 5 | round | round | ADP | _ | 8 drop | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 drop | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 drop | amod |
| 8 | drop | drop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crawls | obl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 hands | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 hands | nmod:poss |
| 11 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 drop | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 knees | cc |
| 13 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 hands | conj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 staff | cc |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 staff | nmod:poss |
| 16 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hands | conj |
| 17 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 helps | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crawl | present | she | the big drop on her hands and knees and her staff | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round drop=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | help | present | her = she | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, she crawls round the cliff using her staff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 crawls | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 crawls | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 crawls | nsubj |
| 4 | crawls | crawl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | round | round | ADP | _ | 7 cliff | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cliff | det |
| 7 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crawls | obl |
| 8 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 crawls | advcl |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 staff | nmod:poss |
| 10 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 using | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crawl | present | she | the cliff | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round cliff=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | use | gerund | she not said here | her staff | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Patient |
Option 4
Yeah, she has to crawl on hands and knees round the huge drop, which is the hardest bit of the whole trip
The tree, 22 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 crawl | mark |
| 6 | crawl | crawl | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 has | xcomp |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 hands | case |
| 8 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 crawl | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 knees | cc |
| 10 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 hands | conj |
| 11 | round | round | ADP | _ | 14 drop | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 drop | det |
| 13 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 drop | amod |
| 14 | drop | drop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 crawl | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 bit | punct |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 bit | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 bit | cop |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 bit | det |
| 19 | hardest | hard | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 20 bit | amod |
| 20 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 drop | acl:relcl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 trip | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 trip | det |
| 23 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 trip | amod |
| 24 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 bit | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | crawl | to-infinitive | she not said here | hands and knees | round the huge drop | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | is a | present | the huge drop | the hardest bit | of the whole trip | tree rules |
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