Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the puddi…

wait so how was he not dead in the fish??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, he · What happens: wait, not be

This is test 2 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	7 dead	advmod
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 dead	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dead	cop
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dead	nsubj
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 dead	advmod
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 fish	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fish	det
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dead	obl
11	??	??	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not is	past	he					in the fish; dead 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

he just got took out when they opened it up and he walked out of the fish, proper lucky and well weird, innit mate

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 took	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 got	advmod
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 he	advcl
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 took	compound:prt
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 opened	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 opened	nsubj
8	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 took	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 opened	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	8 opened	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 walked	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 walked	nsubj
13	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 took	conj
14	out	out	ADP	_	17 fish	case
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 fish	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 fish	det
17	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 walked	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 lucky	punct
19	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 lucky	amod
20	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 walked	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 weird	cc
22	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	23 weird	advmod
23	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 lucky	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 mate	punct
25	innit	innit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 mate	amod
26	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 lucky	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	past	he not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	take out	past	he		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	open up	past	they	it	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	walk out	past	he	the fish	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Attribute

Option 2

he was still alive, they opened it up, lucky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 alive	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 alive	cop
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 alive	advmod
4	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 opened	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 opened	nsubj
7	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 alive	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 opened	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 opened	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lucky	punct
11	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 alive	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		still	alive property	tree rules
2	open up	past	they	it			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	be		he not said here				tree rules

Option 3

he was totally dead till they cut the fish open and sorted him out, proper lucky ya know

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dead	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dead	cop
3	totally	totally	ADV	_	4 dead	advmod
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	till	till	SCONJ	_	7 cut	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cut	nsubj
7	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dead	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fish	det
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 open	nsubj
10	open	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cut	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sorted	cc
12	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 open	ccomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sorted	obj
14	out	out	ADP	_	12 sorted	compound:prt
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lucky	punct
16	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 lucky	amod
17	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dead	conj
18	ya	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 know	nsubj
19	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 lucky	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		dead, totally property	tree rules
2	cut	present	they			tree rules
3	open	present	the fish			tree rules
4	sort out	past	the fish not said here	him = he		vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
5	be		he not said here			tree rules
6	know	present	ya			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he just got took out when they opened it, proper lucky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 got	advmod
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 got	advcl
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 took	compound:prt
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 opened	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 opened	nsubj
8	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 got	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 opened	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct
11	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 lucky	amod
12	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	past	he		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	take out	past	he not said here		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	open	past	they	it	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

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