Test 11 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland…

Was the giant well strong, like a proper beast?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★ 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 strong	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 strong	det
3	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 strong	amod
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 strong	advmod
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 beast	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 beast	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 beast	det
9	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 beast	amod
10	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strong	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 strong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						like a proper beast; strong, well property	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

Yeah, he was massive and had a huge iron club and a lot of rage

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 massive	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 massive	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 massive	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 massive	cop
5	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 had	cc
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 massive	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 club	det
9	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 club	amod
10	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 club	compound
11	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 lot	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 lot	det
14	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 club	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 rage	case
16	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					massive property	tree rules
2	have	past	he not said here	a huge iron club and a lot of rage					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient

Option 2

Yeah, he had big fists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fists	amod
6	fists	fist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	big fists					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fist=Patient

Option 3

Nah, he was a skinny old bloke with a stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 bloke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bloke	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 bloke	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bloke	det
6	skinny	skinny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bloke	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bloke	amod
8	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 stick	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 stick	det
11	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bloke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a skinny old bloke				with a stick	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he had a great club

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 club	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 club	amod
7	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	a great club					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient

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