Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war,…

Ngl, what did the spaniels do that was so mad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl, spaniels, that · What happens: do, be

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spaniels	det
6	spaniels	spaniel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 mad	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 mad	cop
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 mad	advmod
11	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 do	ccomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	Ngl		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the spaniels		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	that	mad 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 · ← Mova's choice

They barked at horses and chased the soldiers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 barked	nsubj
2	barked	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 horses	case
4	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 barked	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 chased	cc
6	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 barked	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 soldiers	det
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chased	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	past	They					at horses	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at horse=Stimulus
2	chase	past	They not said here	the soldiers					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme

Option 2

They bit the horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bit	nsubj
2	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horses	det
4	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	They	the horses					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They jumped on the horses and went for the riders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 horses	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horses	det
5	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 jumped	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 went	cc
7	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 jumped	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 riders	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 riders	det
10	riders	rider	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	past	They					on the horses	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on horse=Trajectory
2	go	past	They not said here					for the riders	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for rider=Beneficiary

Option 4

They leapt on the mounts and attacked the riders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leapt	nsubj
2	leapt	leapt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 mounts	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mounts	det
5	mounts	mount	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 leapt	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 attacked	cc
7	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 leapt	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 riders	det
9	riders	rider	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 attacked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leapt	present	They			the mounts			tree rules
2	attack	past	They not said here	the riders					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rider=Patient

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