Test 10 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the puddi…

what was his mum's face like when the cow let him drop?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cow, him · What happens: be, let, drop · To what, where: face, him

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 face	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 face	cop
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 face	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 mum	case
6	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	like	like	SCONJ	_	11 let	mark
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 let	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cow	det
10	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 let	nsubj
11	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 face	acl:relcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 let	obj
13	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 let	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 face	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past		his mum's face	tree rules
2	let	infinitive	the cow	him = he	tree rules
3	drop	infinitive	him = he not said here		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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

she was laughing, she thought it was funny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 laughing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 laughing	aux
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 thought	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thought	nsubj
6	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 laughing	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 funny	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 funny	cop
9	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	laugh	past · progressive	she		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	past	she		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	it	funny property	tree rules

Option 2

proper upset, she was crying loads and wringing her hands and calling for help

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	proper	properly	ADV	_	2 upset	advmod
2	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 crying	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 crying	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 crying	aux
6	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 upset	conj
7	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 crying	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wringing	cc
9	wringing	wring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 crying	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hands	nmod:poss
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wringing	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 calling	cc
13	calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 wringing	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 help	case
15	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 calling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past · progressive	she	loads		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Topic
2	wring	gerund	she not said here	her hands		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
3	call	gerund	she not said here		for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

proper upset, she was crying and wringing her hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	proper	properly	ADV	_	2 upset	advmod
2	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 crying	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 crying	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 crying	aux
6	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 upset	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wringing	cc
8	wringing	wring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 crying	conj
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hands	nmod:poss
10	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wringing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past · progressive	she						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wring	gerund	she not said here	her hands					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 4

proper upset, crying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	proper	properly	ADV	_	2 upset	advmod
2	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crying	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 upset	punct
4	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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