Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: the young man beats th…

yo so the hero just walked past the monster beasts, did he run or nah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: yo · What happens: walk, run · To what, where: monster beasts

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1963 «English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: the young man beats the three-headed Ettin with riddles and a magic wand, and frees the king's daughter and the prisoners.» 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	yo	yo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walked	nsubj
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	4 hero	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hero	det
4	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 yo	nmod
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 walked	advmod
6	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	past	past	ADP	_	10 beasts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 beasts	det
9	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beasts	compound
10	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 walked	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 run	punct
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 run	aux
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 run	nsubj
14	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 walked	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 nah	cc
16	nah	nah	INTJ	_	14 run	discourse
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	yo the hero			the monster beasts			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past beast=Trajectory
2	run	past · do-support	yo						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

nah he just walked straight through them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 walked	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 walked	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 walked	advmod
4	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 walked	advmod
6	through	through	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	he					through them = they; straight property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through they=Trajectory

Option 2

yeah he sprinted past them all at full speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 sprinted	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sprinted	nsubj
3	sprinted	sprint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	past	past	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sprinted	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 them	nmod:unmarked
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 speed	case
8	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 speed	amod
9	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sprinted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sprint	past	he	them = they		full speed			tree rules

Option 3

nah he strolled straight through them, dead calm, no bother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 strolled	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 strolled	nsubj
3	strolled	stroll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 them	advmod
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 strolled	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 calm	punct
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 calm	amod
9	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 strolled	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bother	punct
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 bother	det
12	bother	bother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strolled	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stroll	past	he					through them = they	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through they=Trajectory

Option 4

nah he crept round the edges quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 crept	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 crept	nsubj
3	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 edges	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 edges	det
6	edges	edge	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 crept	obl
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	3 crept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep	past	he			the edges		quietly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round edge=Trajectory

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