Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the puddi…
why did the spider get him though?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: spider · What happens: get · To what, where: him
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 get | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 spider | det |
| 4 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 get | obj |
| 7 | though | though | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | the spider | him = he | though property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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
cos he swung his sword but the poison got him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swung | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 swung | nsubj |
| 3 | swung | swing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 sword | nmod:poss |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swung | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 got | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 poison | det |
| 8 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 swung | conj |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swing | past | cos | cos's sword | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | past | the poison | cos | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2
cos he drew his sword and fought it hard for ages, but then the poison breath got him anyway
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drew | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 drew | nsubj |
| 3 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 sword | nmod:poss |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drew | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fought | cc |
| 7 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 drew | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fought | obj |
| 9 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fought | xcomp |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 ages | case |
| 11 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hard | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 got | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 got | cc |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 got | advmod |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 breath | det |
| 16 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 breath | compound |
| 17 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 got | nsubj |
| 18 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 drew | conj |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 got | obj |
| 20 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 18 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | cos | cos's sword | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fight | past | cos not said here | sword | hard property | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent | |||
| 3 | get | past | the poison breath | cos | then | anyway property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 3
cos it spat on him and he couldn't fight back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 cos | obj |
| 3 | spat | spat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 cos | xcomp |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 spat | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 fight | cc |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 fight | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 fight | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 fight | advmod |
| 10 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 cos | conj |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 fight | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | imperative | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | spat | infinitive | you not said here | on him = he | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not fight back | could | he | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
cos he drew his sword and fought, but the poison got him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drew | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 drew | nsubj |
| 3 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 sword | nmod:poss |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drew | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fought | cc |
| 7 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 drew | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 got | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 got | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 poison | det |
| 11 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 got | nsubj |
| 12 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 drew | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | cos | cos's sword | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fight | past | cos not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | get | past | the poison | cos | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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