Test 8 · ★ · pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a m…

Was the girl stuck in the cask the whole time?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: be · To what, where: cask

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1756 «pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a maiden from a cat monster with a borrowed dog» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stuck	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	nsubj
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cask	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cask	det
7	cask	cask	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 time	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	obl:unmarked
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 stuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the girl			the cask	time	stuck 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

Nah, she was locked in the overseer's barn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 locked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 locked	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 locked	aux:pass
5	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 barn	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 overseer	det
8	overseer	overseer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 barn	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 overseer	case
10	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past · passive		she		the overseer's barn			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the cask was set in the chapel for her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 set	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 set	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cask	det
4	cask	cask	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 set	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 set	aux:pass
6	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 chapel	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chapel	det
9	chapel	chapel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 set	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past · passive		the cask		the chapel		for her = she	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in chapel=Destination

Option 3

Nah, she was stuck up in a tower above the village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 stuck	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stuck	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stuck	aux:pass
5	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 stuck	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 tower	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tower	det
9	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuck	obl
10	above	above	ADP	_	12 village	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 village	det
12	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tower	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick up	past · passive		she		a tower above the village			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in tower=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, she was hiding under the chapel altar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 hiding	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hiding	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hiding	aux
5	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	9 altar	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 altar	det
8	chapel	chapel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 altar	compound
9	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · progressive	she			the chapel altar			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under altar=Location

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