Test 8 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart…
Bruv, what did the spaniels do when he flopped?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: spaniels, Bruv · What happens: do, flop
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1893 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart from the Ice Palace» 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 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 did | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | 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 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 flopped | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 flopped | nsubj |
| 10 | flopped | flop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | advcl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Bruv vocative | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | do | present | the spaniels | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | flop | past | Bruv | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
Carried him out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Carried | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Carried | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry out | past | him = he | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality |
Option 2
Carried him out of the palace and into the snow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Carried | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 palace | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 palace | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 palace | det |
| 6 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carried | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 snow | cc |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 snow | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 snow | det |
| 10 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 palace | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | him = he | the palace and the snow | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out palace=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Dragged him away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Dragged | obj |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Dragged | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag away | past | him = he | away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4
Carried him out of the hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Carried | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 hall | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 hall | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hall | det |
| 6 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | him = he | the hall | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out hall=Initial_Location |
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