Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches th…

What's a girth, then, the bit that snapped?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bit · What happens: be, snap · To what, where: girth

This is test 7 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 girth	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 girth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 girth	det
4	girth	girth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bit	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 bit	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bit	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bit	det
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 girth	appos
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 snapped	nsubj
11	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 bit	acl:relcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 girth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a girth					tree rules
2	snap	past	the bit						vn sound_emission-43.2 «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

The leather cover on the saddle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cover	det
2	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cover	compound
3	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 saddle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 saddle	det
6	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cover	nmod

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

Option 2

The wide leather strap that goes under the horse's belly and holds the saddle firmly on

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 strap	det
2	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 strap	amod
3	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strap	compound
4	strap	strap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 goes	nsubj
6	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 strap	acl:relcl
7	under	under	ADP	_	11 belly	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 horse	det
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 belly	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 horse	case
11	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 goes	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 holds	cc
13	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 goes	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 saddle	det
15	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 holds	obj
16	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	13 holds	advmod
17	on	on	ADP	_	13 holds	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the wide leather strap			the horse's belly			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under belly=Location
2	hold on	present	the wide leather strap not said here	the saddle				firmly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The strap that holds the saddle on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 strap	det
2	strap	strap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 holds	nsubj
4	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 strap	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 saddle	det
6	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 holds	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	4 holds	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold on	present	the strap	the saddle					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A type of metal shoe that the horse wears on each of its four hooves when riding out

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 type	det
2	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 riding	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 shoe	case
4	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shoe	compound
5	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 type	nmod
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 wears	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 horse	det
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wears	nsubj
9	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shoe	acl:relcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 each	case
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 wears	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 hooves	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 hooves	nmod:poss
14	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 hooves	nummod
15	hooves	hoove	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 each	nmod
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 riding	advmod
17	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
18	out	out	ADP	_	17 riding	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	wear	present	the horse	metal shoe	each	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent that=Source
2	ride out	gerund	a type of metal shoe			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	type			metal shoe		nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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