Test 6 · ★ · pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chai…

Why did the eagle nick the ring off him, though? Proper harsh, that

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eagle · What happens: nick · To what, where: ring

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1682 «pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chained in a cave» 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: Why did the eagle nick the ring off him, though?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 nick	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nick	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eagle	det
4	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nick	nsubj
5	nick	nick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ring	det
7	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nick	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 nick	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 though	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	5 nick	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 nick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past · do-support	the eagle	the ring				off him = he	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ring=Theme off he=Source

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: Proper harsh, that

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proper	properly	ADV	_	2 harsh	advmod
2	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 harsh	punct
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 harsh	nsubj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

He'd bodged her twice over and nicked her ring off her finger, fair play to her, really

The tree, 18 words

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 bodged	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bodged	aux
3	bodged	bodg	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bodged	obj
5	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 over	advmod
6	over	over	ADV	_	3 bodged	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 nicked	cc
8	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bodged	conj
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 ring	nmod:poss
10	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nicked	obj
11	off	off	ADP	_	13 finger	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 finger	nmod:poss
13	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nicked	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 play	punct
15	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 play	amod
16	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 finger	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 her	case
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 nicked	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 really	punct
20	really	really	ADV	_	3 bodged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bodg	past · perfect	He	her = she				over property	tree rules
2	nick	past	He not said here	her ring	her = she	her finger and fair play			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ring=Theme off finger=Source

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He'd left her and kept the ring, mate

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 left	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 left	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 kept	cc
6	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ring	det
8	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kept	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ring	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · perfect	He	her = she					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	keep	past	He not said here	the ring and mate					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme

Option 3

Cos he'd bodged her, nicked her ring and then legged it back to the King's castle

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nicked	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bodged	nsubj
3	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bodged	aux
4	bodged	bodg	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Cos	acl:relcl
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bodged	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 nicked	punct
7	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 ring	nmod:poss
9	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nicked	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 legged	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 legged	advmod
12	legged	leg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 nicked	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 legged	obj
14	back	back	ADV	_	12 legged	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	19 castle	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 King	det
17	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 castle	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 King	case
19	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 legged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	bodg	past · perfect	Cos	her = she			tree rules
2	nick	past	Cos	her ring			vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient
3	leg back	past	Cos not said here	ring	then	to the King's castle	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He'd bodged her and nicked her ring, fair play

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 bodged	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bodged	aux
3	bodged	bodg	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bodged	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 nicked	cc
6	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bodged	conj
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 ring	nmod:poss
8	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nicked	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 play	punct
10	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 play	amod
11	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ring	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bodg	past · perfect	He	her = she					tree rules
2	nick	past	He not said here	her ring and fair play					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient

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