Test 5 · ★ · Catalan Folk-Tales, The Water of Life, part 2: the brother…

Why did the sister freak out with the knife?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister · What happens: freak out

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1644 «Catalan Folk-Tales, The Water of Life, part 2: the brothers climb the mountain and turn to stone» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 freak	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 freak	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sister	det
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 freak	nsubj
5	freak	freak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 freak	compound:prt
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 knife	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 knife	det
9	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 freak	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 freak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freak out	past · do-support	the sister					with the knife	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

the blade had gone dull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blade	det
2	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gone	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gone	aux
4	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gone	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	the blade					dull property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the blade was red with blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blade	det
2	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 red	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 red	cop
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 blood	case
6	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 red	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the blade					with blood; red property	tree rules

Option 3

the blade had turned red and the handle was covered in mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blade	det
2	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	aux
4	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 turned	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 covered	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 handle	det
8	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 covered	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 covered	aux:pass
10	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 turned	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 mud	case
12	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · perfect · passive		the blade				red property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	cover	past · passive		the handle				in mud	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in mud=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

she saw a stranger holding the blade and running away quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stranger	det
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stranger	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blade	det
7	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holding	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 running	cc
9	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 holding	conj
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 running	advmod
11	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	9 running	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	past	she	a stranger		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus
2	hold	gerund	a stranger not said here	the blade		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blade=Theme
3	run away	gerund	a stranger not said here		away, quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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