Test 10 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland…
Has Molly got the king's youngest son yet?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Has · What happens: get · To what, where: youngest son
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1961 «English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland frees his sister and the Elfin King, then Molly Whuppie tricks a giant three times» 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 | Has | Has | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 2 | Molly | Molly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Has | flat |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 king | case |
| 7 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 son | amod |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 9 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 3 got | advmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Has | the king's youngest son | yet | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Not yet, she's off for the ring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 yet | advmod |
| 2 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 5 's | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 yet | punct |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 's | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 's | compound:prt |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 ring | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ring | det |
| 9 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 's | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be off | present | she | yet | for the ring | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Not yet, she's still off hunting the giant's ring for the king
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 yet | advmod |
| 2 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 8 hunting | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 yet | punct |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hunting | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hunting | aux |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 hunting | advmod |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 hunting | mark |
| 8 | hunting | hunt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 giant | det |
| 10 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ring | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 giant | case |
| 12 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hunting | obj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 king | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hunting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | present · progressive | she | the giant's ring | yet; still | for the king | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent ring=Location for king=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, she's got him, but she's still fetching the sword from the giant
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | aux |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fetching | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 fetching | cc |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fetching | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 fetching | aux |
| 11 | still | still | ADV | _ | 12 fetching | advmod |
| 12 | fetching | fetch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 got | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sword | det |
| 14 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fetching | obj |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 giant | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 giant | det |
| 17 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fetching | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | she | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | fetch | present · progressive | she | the sword | still | from the giant | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sword=Theme from giant=Source |
Option 4
Nah, she's got the sword
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | aux |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sword | det |
| 7 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | she | the sword | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sword=Stimulus |
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