Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Witch, part 1: the Sun-Hero is doomed, and…

test: Ha, what's a distaff, honestly?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ha · What happens: be · To what, where: distaff

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1726 «Fairy Book, The Witch, part 1: the Sun-Hero is doomed, and twins flee a witch's hut» 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	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 Ha	punct
3	Ha	Ha	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 test	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 distaff	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 distaff	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 distaff	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 distaff	det
8	distaff	distaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Ha	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 honestly	punct
10	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	8 distaff	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 test	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Ha	a distaff				honestly property	tree rules

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

a stick for holding wool and flax while spinning and weaving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stick	det
2	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 holding	mark
4	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stick	acl
5	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 holding	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 flax	cc
7	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wool	conj
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 spinning	mark
9	spinning	spin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 holding	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 weaving	cc
11	weaving	weave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 holding	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hold	gerund	a stick not said here	wool and flax	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Theme
2	spin	gerund	a stick not said here		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	weave	gerund	a stick not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

a tool for spinning cotton into cloth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tool	det
2	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 spinning	mark
4	spinning	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 tool	acl
5	cotton	cotton	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spinning	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 cloth	case
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spinning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	gerund	a tool not said here	cotton		cloth			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cotton=Theme into cloth=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

a stick for holding wool while spinning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stick	det
2	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 holding	mark
4	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stick	acl
5	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 holding	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 spinning	mark
7	spinning	spin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 holding	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund	a stick not said here	wool					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Theme
2	spin	gerund	a stick not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

a long wooden stick used by the witch to hold the wool for spinning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stick	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stick	amod
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stick	amod
4	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stick	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 witch	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 witch	det
8	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 hold	mark
10	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wool	det
12	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hold	obj
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 spinning	mark
14	spinning	spin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 hold	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	participle	a long wooden stick not said here	by the witch	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hold	to-infinitive	the wool		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Theme
3	spin	gerund			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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