Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the puddi…

he flew on a butterfly lol, mint

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: fly

This is test 4 · ★ 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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 butterfly	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 butterfly	det
5	butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flew	obl
6	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 flew	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mint	punct
8	mint	mint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flew	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	he					on a butterfly	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent on butterfly=Location

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

yeah, he grabbed it and flew up, proper good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 grabbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 grabbed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	nsubj
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 flew	cc
7	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grabbed	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 flew	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 good	punct
10	proper	properly	ADV	_	11 good	advmod
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grabbed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	he	it					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	fly up	past	he not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, sat on it and got carried up, dead funny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sat	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 carried	cc
7	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 carried	aux:pass
8	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sat	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 carried	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct
11	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 funny	amod
12	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sat	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past				it			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location
2	carry up	past · passive							vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, he sat right on its back and got carried all the way up into the air, dead funny

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sat	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	right	right	ADV	_	4 sat	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 back	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 back	nmod:poss
8	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 carried	cc
10	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 carried	aux:pass
11	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sat	conj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 way	det:predet
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 way	det
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl:unmarked
15	up	up	ADV	_	11 carried	advmod
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 air	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 air	det
18	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sat	punct
20	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 funny	amod
21	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sat	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	he			its back		right property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location
2	carry	past · passive	he not said here	all way		the air			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»

Option 4

yeah, he hung on and got lifted, dead funny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 hung	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hung	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hung	nsubj
4	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 hung	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lifted	cc
7	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lifted	aux:pass
8	lifted	lift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hung	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hung	punct
10	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 funny	amod
11	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hung	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang on	past	he						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lift	past · passive	he not said here						vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»

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