Test 10 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the…
bro, what happened to the conjurer, did he get caught?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: happen, catch · To what, where: bro
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1959 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the captives, beats the two-headed giant Thunderdell, then wins a duke's daughter from a giant and conjurer» 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 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 bro | acl:relcl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 conjurer | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 conjurer | det |
| 7 | conjurer | conjurer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 happened | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 bro | punct |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 caught | aux |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 caught | aux:pass |
| 12 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 caught | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | bro | to the conjurer | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | catch | past · passive · do-support | bro | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice
nah, the spell broke and a massive whirlwind came and lifted him right up into the sky and dropped him somewhere far away
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 broke | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 spell | det |
| 4 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broke | nsubj |
| 5 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 came | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 whirlwind | det |
| 8 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 whirlwind | amod |
| 9 | whirlwind | whirlwind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 came | nsubj |
| 10 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 broke | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 lifted | cc |
| 12 | lifted | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 broke | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 lifted | obj |
| 14 | right | right | ADV | _ | 15 up | advmod |
| 15 | up | up | ADV | _ | 12 lifted | advmod |
| 16 | into | into | ADP | _ | 18 sky | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 sky | det |
| 18 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lifted | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 dropped | cc |
| 20 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 broke | conj |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 dropped | obj |
| 22 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 20 dropped | advmod |
| 23 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 24 away | advmod |
| 24 | away | away | ADV | _ | 20 dropped | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | the spell | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | come | past | a massive whirlwind | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | lift | past | the spell not said here | whirlwind | the sky | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into sky=Destination | |||
| 4 | drop | past | the spell not said here | whirlwind | away, somewhere property | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2
nah, he got blown off somewhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 blown | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 blown | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 blown | aux:pass |
| 5 | blown | blow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 blown | compound:prt |
| 7 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 blown | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow off | past · passive | he | somewhere property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
nah, he got away, ran off into the forest and was never seen again by anyone in the kingdom
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 ran | advcl |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 ran | punct |
| 7 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 ran | compound:prt |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 forest | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 forest | det |
| 11 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ran | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 seen | cc |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 seen | aux:pass |
| 14 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 15 seen | advmod |
| 15 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 ran | conj |
| 16 | again | again | ADV | _ | 15 seen | advmod |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 anyone | case |
| 18 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 15 seen | obl:agent |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 kingdom | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 kingdom | det |
| 21 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 anyone | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get away | past | he | away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | into the forest result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into forest=Result | |||||
| 3 | not see | past · passive | anyone | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he got whirled off up in the air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 whirled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 whirled | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 whirled | aux:pass |
| 5 | whirled | whirl | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 whirled | compound:prt |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 whirled | compound:prt |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 air | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 air | det |
| 10 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whirled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whirl off | past · passive | he | the air | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: subject=Result |
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