Test 2 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a…

Wait, how did the stepmother actually cop it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, stepmother · What happens: wait, cop · To what, where: it

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1911 «Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a Fairy, and she wins back Prince Fickle at the feast» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cop	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 cop	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cop	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stepmother	det
6	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cop	nsubj
7	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 cop	advmod
8	cop	cop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cop	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cop	past · do-support	the stepmother	it				actually property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

She went to the shed, got lost in the dark and got poisoned by something

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 shed	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shed	det
5	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lost	punct
7	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lost	aux:pass
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 went	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 dark	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dark	det
11	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 poisoned	cc
13	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 poisoned	aux:pass
14	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 went	conj
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 something	case
16	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 poisoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	She	the shed		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to shed=Initial_Location
2	lose	past · passive	She not said here	the dark		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: in dark=Eventuality
3	poison	past · passive	She not said here		by something	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»

Option 2

She went down the cellar in the dark, couldn't see a thing, and took a massive header down the stairs before anyone could stop her

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	5 cellar	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cellar	det
5	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 dark	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dark	det
8	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 see	punct
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 see	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 see	advmod
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 went	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 thing	det
14	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 took	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 took	cc
17	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 header	det
19	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 header	amod
20	header	header	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 took	obj
21	down	down	ADP	_	23 stairs	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 stairs	det
23	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 took	obl
24	before	before	SCONJ	_	27 stop	mark
25	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	27 stop	nsubj
26	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 stop	aux
27	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 took	advcl
28	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go down	past	She	the cellar	in the dark	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient cellar=Extent in dark=Attribute
2	not see	could	She not said here	a thing		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
3	take	past		a massive header	down the stairs	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent header=Theme
4	stop	could	anyone	her = she		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector she=Eventuality

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

She went down the cellar, couldn't see a thing, took a header down the stairs

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	5 cellar	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cellar	det
5	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 see	punct
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 see	advmod
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 went	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 thing	det
11	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 see	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 took	punct
13	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 header	det
15	header	header	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 took	obj
16	down	down	ADP	_	18 stairs	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 stairs	det
18	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go down	past	She	the cellar		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient cellar=Extent
2	not see	could	She not said here	a thing		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
3	take	past	She not said here	a header	down the stairs	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent header=Theme

Option 4

She went out walking, slipped on ice and hit the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 went	compound:prt
4	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 went	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 slipped	punct
6	slipped	slip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 walking	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 ice	case
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slipped	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hit	cc
10	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wall	det
12	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	go out	past	She			tree rules
2	walk	gerund	She not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	slip	participle			ice	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	hit	past	She not said here	the wall		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Co-Theme

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