Test 3 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh:…

Did wor Childe Wynd get his sister back, like?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Childe · What happens: get back · To what, where: sister

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1970 «English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh: Margaret is freed by three kisses, and the witch-queen becomes a toad» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
2	wor	wor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Childe	nmod:desc
3	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
4	Wynd	Wynd	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Childe	flat
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sister	nmod:poss
7	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
8	back	back	ADV	_	5 get	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	5 get	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get back	past · do-support	Childe wor	Childe's sister					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sister=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

Aye, he gave her three kisses and then the spell broke at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	iobj
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 kisses	nummod
7	kisses	kiss	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gave	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 broke	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 broke	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 spell	det
11	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 broke	nsubj
12	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 dawn	case
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	three kisses	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient kiss=Theme
2	break	past	the spell				then; dawn		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He hugged her and wept

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 hugged	nsubj
2	hugged	hug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hugged	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wept	cc
5	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hugged	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hug	past	He	her = she					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent
2	weep	past	He not said here						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He kissed her three times and she was changed back to a lass

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 kissed	nsubj
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kissed	obj
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 times	nummod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kissed	obl:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 changed	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 changed	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 changed	aux:pass
9	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 kissed	conj
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 changed	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 lass	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lass	det
13	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 changed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	He	her = she			time		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent
2	change back	past · passive		she				to a lass	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He kissed her three times

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 kissed	nsubj
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kissed	obj
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 times	nummod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kissed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	He	her = she			time		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent

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