Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Ir…

what's the little rod thing for, then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: little rod thing

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1735 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Irishman frees the Princess but is pinned to sleep by the lad» 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	6 thing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thing	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thing	amod
5	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thing	compound
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 then	case
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 for	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 thing	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the little rod thing					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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

wake the sleepers up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	wake	wake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sleepers	det
3	sleepers	sleeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 wake	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	1 wake	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake up	imperative	you not said here	the sleepers					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sleeper=Patient

Option 2

it wakes up whoever's been put to sleep in the room, all of them

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wakes	nsubj
2	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 wakes	compound:prt
4	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 put	nsubj:pass
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 put	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 put	aux:pass
7	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wakes	parataxis
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sleep	mark
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 put	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 room	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 room	det
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sleep	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 all	punct
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 wakes	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 them	case
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	wake up	present	it			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	put	present · passive		whoever		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal
3	sleep	to-infinitive			the room	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location

Option 3

bring the lads round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lads	det
3	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 bring	obj
4	round	round	ADV	_	1 bring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	imperative	you not said here	the lads				round property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent lad=Theme

Option 4

it's for waking up the sleeping blokes, so they can get out proper quick

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 waking	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 waking	aux
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 waking	mark
4	waking	wake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 waking	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blokes	det
7	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blokes	compound
8	blokes	bloke	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waking	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 get	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 get	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 waking	conj
14	out	out	ADV	_	13 get	advmod
15	proper	properly	ADV	_	16 quick	advmod
16	quick	quick	ADV	_	13 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake up	present · progressive	it	the sleeping blokes					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bloke=Patient
2	get out	can	blokes = bloke					out, quick property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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