Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches th…

Bruv, why'd the little dude start howling like a wolf?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: little dude · What happens: start, howl

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1709 «Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches the ground is stolen by a Fairy and set an impossible task» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 start	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 start	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	8 start	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dude	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dude	amod
7	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 start	nsubj
8	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	howling	howl	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 start	xcomp
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 wolf	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wolf	det
12	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 howling	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	the little dude					Bruv vocative	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	howl	gerund	the little dude not said here					like a wolf	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: 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.

The options

Option 1

He was lost and scared, 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 lost	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 scared	cc
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lost	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		He				mate obl	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was turning into one, the tale says

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 turning	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turning	aux
3	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 one	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 turning	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 turning	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tale	det
8	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 turning	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · progressive	He					into one	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into one=Trajectory
2	say speech: assert	present	the tale						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He was calling for his big brother

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 calling	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 calling	aux
3	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 brother	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 brother	nmod:poss
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 brother	amod
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · progressive	He					for his big brother	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for brother=Recipient

Option 4

He was hungry, bruv

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 hungry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bruv	punct
5	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hungry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					hungry property	tree rules

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