Test 10 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Tit Tot, part 1: a lazy girl must…

the king heard a humming, so what's the story

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, story · What happens: hear, be · To what, where: humming

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1943 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Tit Tot, part 1: a lazy girl must spin five skeins a day or lose her head, and a little black impet offers to help» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 humming	det
5	humming	humming	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 what	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 what	advmod
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 heard	parataxis
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 what	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 story	det
11	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 what	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	the king	a humming					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer humming=Stimulus
2	is a	present	the story						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

he looked up a tree and saw a small thing, lowkey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 looked	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looked	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 saw	cc
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 looked	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 thing	det
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thing	amod
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saw	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lowkey	punct
12	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look up	past	he	a tree					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Attribute
2	see	past	he not said here	a small thing and lowkey					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus

Option 2

he looked down a chalk-pit in the wood and saw a little impet spinning yarn, which was strange, lowkey, proper weird

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 looked	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pit	det
5	chalk	chalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pit	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 chalk	punct
7	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looked	obl:unmarked
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 wood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wood	det
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looked	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 saw	cc
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 looked	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 impet	det
14	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 impet	amod
15	impet	impet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 saw	obj
16	spinning	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 impet	acl
17	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 spinning	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 strange	punct
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 strange	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 strange	cop
21	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 yarn	appos
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 lowkey	punct
23	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 strange	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 lowkey	punct
25	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 weird	amod
26	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 spinning	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look down	past	he	a chalk pit	in the wood	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in wood=Theme
2	see	past	he not said here	a little impet		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer impet=Stimulus
3	spin	gerund	a little impet not said here	yarn		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent yarn=Theme
4	is	past	yarn		strange property	tree rules
5	be		yarn not said here			tree rules

Option 3

he rode up to the castle and looked out a window and saw something weird spinning, lowkey, and it was a mess

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 rode	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 castle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 castle	det
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 looked	cc
8	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rode	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 looked	compound:prt
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 window	det
11	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 looked	obl:unmarked
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 saw	cc
13	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rode	conj
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 saw	obj
15	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 something	amod
16	spinning	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 something	acl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 lowkey	punct
18	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 spinning	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 mess	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 mess	cc
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 mess	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 mess	cop
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 mess	det
24	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ride up	past	he		the castle	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to castle=Trajectory
2	look out	past	he not said here	a window		vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	see	past	he not said here	something		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus
4	spin	gerund		lowkey		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lowkey=Theme
5	is a	past	lowkey	a mess		tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he looked down a chalk-pit and something strange was there, lowkey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 looked	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pit	det
5	chalk	chalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pit	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 chalk	punct
7	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looked	obl:unmarked
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 something	cc
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 pit	conj
10	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 something	amod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 there	cop
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 something	acl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lowkey	punct
14	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look down	past	he	a chalk pit and lowkey					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	past						there property	tree rules

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