Test 13 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the…
man, did the knights get to go home after all that?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man, knights · What happens: do, get, go
This is test 13 · ★ 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 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 man | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 knights | det |
| 5 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 go | mark |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 get | xcomp |
| 9 | home | home | ADV | _ | 8 go | advmod |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 that | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 that | det |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 go | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | man | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | present | the knights | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | the knights not said here | after that | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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
nah, they got stuck there
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 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | they | there | stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
nah, they stayed at the castle for years, singing songs and feasting every night
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 stayed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stayed | nsubj |
| 4 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 castle | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 castle | det |
| 7 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stayed | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 years | case |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stayed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 singing | punct |
| 11 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 stayed | advcl |
| 12 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 singing | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 feasting | cc |
| 14 | feasting | feast | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 singing | conj |
| 15 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 night | det |
| 16 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 feasting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | they | the castle | year | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at castle=Location | |||
| 2 | sing speech: express | gerund | they not said here | songs | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ||||
| 3 | feast | gerund | they not said here | night | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, they all went back safe and sound
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 went | nsubj |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 went | advmod |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 went | advmod |
| 7 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 went | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sound | cc |
| 9 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | past | they | sound | safe property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
yeah, they all went back to their own homes, safe and sound, with a load of gold and the king's thanks for their brave help
The tree, 26 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 went | nsubj |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 went | advmod |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 went | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 homes | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 homes | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 homes | amod |
| 10 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 went | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 safe | punct |
| 12 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 homes | amod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 sound | cc |
| 14 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 safe | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 load | punct |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 load | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 load | det |
| 18 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 gold | case |
| 20 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 load | nmod |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 thanks | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 king | det |
| 23 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 thanks | nmod:poss |
| 24 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 23 king | case |
| 25 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 load | conj |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 help | case |
| 27 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 help | nmod:poss |
| 28 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 help | amod |
| 29 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 thanks | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | past | they | to their own homes result; with a load of gold and the king's thanks for load's brave help | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | ||||
| 2 | help | load | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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