Test 10 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack…
how did Jack's sword end up cutting the nose, not the head?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sword · What happens: be, end up, cut · To what, where: nose
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1958 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack outwits a second giant and finds the captives» 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 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 end | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 how | cop |
| 3 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sword | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Jack | case |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 end | nsubj |
| 6 | end | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 end | compound:prt |
| 8 | cutting | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 end | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 nose | det |
| 10 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cutting | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 head | punct |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 head | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 head | det |
| 14 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 nose | conj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 end | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | how property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | end up | present | Jack's sword | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | cut | gerund | Jack's sword not said here | the nose and the head | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nose=Product |
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 giant ducked his head at the last moment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 giant | det |
| 2 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ducked | nsubj |
| 3 | ducked | duck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 head | nmod:poss |
| 5 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ducked | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 moment | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 moment | det |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 moment | amod |
| 9 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ducked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | duck | past | the giant | giant's head | moment | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent head=Location |
Option 2
he missed his aim badly and got the nose by accident when the giant turned his great head away
The tree, 19 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 missed | nsubj |
| 2 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 aim | nmod:poss |
| 4 | aim | aim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 missed | obj |
| 5 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 missed | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 got | cc |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 missed | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 nose | det |
| 9 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 accident | case |
| 11 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obl |
| 12 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 15 turned | mark |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 giant | det |
| 14 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 turned | nsubj |
| 15 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 missed | advcl |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 head | nmod:poss |
| 17 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 head | amod |
| 18 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 turned | obj |
| 19 | away | away | ADV | _ | 15 turned | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | past | he | his aim | badly property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer aim=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | get | past | he not said here | the nose | by accident | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nose=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | turn | past | the giant | giant's great head | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme | |||
| 4 | aim | his = he | nom aim «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
he missed his aim and got the nose by accident
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 missed | nsubj |
| 2 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 aim | nmod:poss |
| 4 | aim | aim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 missed | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 got | cc |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 missed | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 nose | det |
| 8 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 accident | case |
| 10 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | past | he | his aim | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer aim=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | get | past | he not said here | the nose | by accident | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nose=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | aim | his = he | nom aim «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
he missed his aim badly and got the nose by accident when the giant moved
The tree, 15 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 missed | nsubj |
| 2 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 aim | nmod:poss |
| 4 | aim | aim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 missed | obj |
| 5 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 missed | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 got | cc |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 missed | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 nose | det |
| 9 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 accident | case |
| 11 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obl |
| 12 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 15 moved | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 giant | det |
| 14 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 moved | nsubj |
| 15 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 missed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | past | he | his aim | badly property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer aim=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | get | past | he not said here | the nose | by accident | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nose=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | move | past | the giant | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | aim | his = he | nom aim «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
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