Test 7 · ★ · Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedg…
Like, did the guards just chuck him out when he showed up at the first palace?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guards, he · What happens: do, chuck out, show up · To what, where: him, first palace
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1930 «Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedgehog hero's bride is cast off, his skin burns, and a golden fish brings a castle» 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 | Like | like | INTJ | _ | 3 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Like | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 guards | det |
| 5 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 chuck | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 chuck | advmod |
| 7 | chuck | chuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 chuck | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 chuck | compound:prt |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 showed | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 showed | nsubj |
| 12 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 chuck | advcl |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 showed | compound:prt |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 palace | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 palace | det |
| 16 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 17 palace | amod |
| 17 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 showed | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | chuck out | present | the guards | him = he | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | show up | past | he | the first palace | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at palace=Location |
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
Nah, mate, they charged at him with their bayonets fixed, and then one of them actually tried to stab him
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 charged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nah | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 charged | nsubj |
| 6 | charged | charge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 charged | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 bayonets | case |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 bayonets | nmod:poss |
| 11 | bayonets | bayonet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 charged | obl |
| 12 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 bayonets | acl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 tried | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 tried | cc |
| 15 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 one | advmod |
| 16 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 tried | nsubj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 them | case |
| 18 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 one | nmod |
| 19 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 20 tried | advmod |
| 20 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 charged | conj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 stab | mark |
| 22 | stab | stab | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 tried | xcomp |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 stab | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | past | they | at him = he; with their bayonets | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | fix | participle | their bayonets not said here | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | try | past | one of bayonets | actually property | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | stab not said to happen | to-infinitive | one of bayonets not said here | him = he | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 2
Yeah, they let him in straight away, no bother, and took him to a room with a bath and fresh clothes
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 let | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 let | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 let | nsubj |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 let | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 away | case |
| 7 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 8 away | advmod |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 let | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bother | punct |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 bother | det |
| 11 | bother | bother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 let | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 took | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 took | cc |
| 14 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 let | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 took | obj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 room | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 room | det |
| 18 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 took | obl |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 bath | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 bath | det |
| 21 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 room | nmod |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 clothes | cc |
| 23 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 clothes | amod |
| 24 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 21 bath | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | past | they | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take | past | they not said here | him = he | a room with a bath and fresh clothes | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to room=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, they charged at him with their bayonets, mad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 charged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 charged | nsubj |
| 4 | charged | charge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 charged | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 bayonets | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 bayonets | nmod:poss |
| 9 | bayonets | bayonet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 charged | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 mad | punct |
| 11 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 charged | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | past | they | at him = he; with their bayonets | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Trajectory |
Option 4
Yeah, they shoved him off the step, bruv.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 shoved | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shoved | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shoved | nsubj |
| 4 | shoved | shove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shoved | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 step | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 step | det |
| 8 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shoved | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bruv | punct |
| 10 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 step | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shoved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shove | past | they | him = he | off the step and bruv | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme off step=Initial_Location |
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