Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed fo…
What was the last thing that happened to it, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: last thing · What happens: be, happen · To what, where: thing
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1629 «Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed for Christmas, hears a story, and is then shut away in a dark loft» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 happened | nsubj |
| 7 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 thing | acl:relcl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 happened | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| 11 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 1 What | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the last thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | happen | past | the last thing | thing | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
"Some great boxes got dumped right in the corner, all piled up, and it got squashed, bruv."
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 dumped | punct |
| 2 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 boxes | det |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 boxes | amod |
| 4 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dumped | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dumped | aux:pass |
| 6 | dumped | dump | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | right | right | ADV | _ | 10 corner | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 corner | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 corner | det |
| 10 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dumped | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 piled | punct |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 piled | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | piled | pile | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 corner | acl:relcl |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 piled | compound:prt |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 squashed | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 squashed | cc |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 squashed | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 squashed | aux:pass |
| 19 | squashed | squash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 dumped | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 bruv | punct |
| 21 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 squashed | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 dumped | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 dumped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dump in a quote | past · passive | some great boxes | the corner | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in corner=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | pile up in a quote | participle · passive | the corner not said here | all | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: subject=Destination | ||||
| 3 | squash in a quote | past · passive | corner | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
"Some big sacks got dumped there, bruv."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 dumped | punct |
| 2 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 sacks | det |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sacks | amod |
| 4 | sacks | sack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dumped | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dumped | aux:pass |
| 6 | dumped | dump | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 dumped | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bruv | punct |
| 9 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dumped | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 dumped | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 dumped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dump in a quote | past · passive | some big sacks | there | bruv obl | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
"Nah, the nurse came back and chucked a bunch of old toys and broken pots all over it, mate."
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
| 2 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 came | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Nah | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 nurse | det |
| 5 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | nsubj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 came | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 chucked | cc |
| 9 | chucked | chuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 came | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 bunch | det |
| 11 | bunch | bunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chucked | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 toys | case |
| 13 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 toys | amod |
| 14 | toys | toy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 bunch | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 pots | cc |
| 16 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 pots | amod |
| 17 | pots | pot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 toys | conj |
| 18 | all | all | ADV | _ | 20 it | advmod |
| 19 | over | over | ADP | _ | 20 it | case |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 chucked | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 mate | punct |
| 22 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chucked | vocative |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back in a quote | past | the nurse | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | chuck in a quote | past | the nurse not said here | a bunch of old toys and broken pots | nurse | mate vocative | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bunch=Theme over it=Destination | ||
| 3 | break in a quote | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
"Some great boxes got dumped in the corner, bruv."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 dumped | punct |
| 2 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 boxes | det |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 boxes | amod |
| 4 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dumped | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dumped | aux:pass |
| 6 | dumped | dump | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 corner | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 corner | det |
| 9 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dumped | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bruv | punct |
| 11 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 corner | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 dumped | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 dumped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dump in a quote | past · passive | some great boxes | the corner and bruv | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in corner=Trajectory |
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