Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring: a baron tries…
Wait, so the baby just floated down the river and didn't drown?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, baby · What happens: wait, float, not drown · To what, where: river
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1971 «English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring: a baron tries to drown the girl he has fated for his son, and a ring saves her» 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 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 floated | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 floated | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 baby | det |
| 5 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 floated | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 floated | advmod |
| 7 | floated | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 10 river | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 river | det |
| 10 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 floated | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 drown | cc |
| 12 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 drown | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 drown | advmod |
| 14 | drown | drown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 floated | conj |
| 15 | ? | ? | 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 | float | past | the baby | the river | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down river=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | not drown | past · do-support | the baby not said here | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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
Nah, she got rescued by a boat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 rescued | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rescued | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 rescued | aux:pass |
| 5 | rescued | rescue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 boat | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 boat | det |
| 8 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rescued | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rescue | past · passive | she | by a boat | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, she was saved by a big wooden raft the baron sent after her, innit
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 saved | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saved | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saved | aux:pass |
| 5 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 raft | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 raft | det |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 raft | amod |
| 9 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 raft | amod |
| 10 | raft | raft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saved | obl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 baron | det |
| 12 | baron | baron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sent | nsubj |
| 13 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 raft | acl:relcl |
| 14 | after | after | ADP | _ | 15 her | case |
| 15 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sent | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 innit | punct |
| 17 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 raft | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | past · passive | she | by a big wooden raft and innit | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | send | past | the baron | a big wooden raft and innit not said here | after her = she | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raft=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, her clothes kept her up, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 kept | punct |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 4 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 5 kept | nsubj |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kept | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 kept | compound:prt |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 innit | punct |
| 9 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 kept | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep up | past | her clothes | her = she | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | her clothes not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
Yeah, her clothes kept her up, innit, and then a fisherman pulled her out
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 kept | punct |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 4 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 5 kept | nsubj |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kept | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 kept | compound:prt |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 innit | punct |
| 9 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 kept | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 pulled | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 pulled | cc |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 pulled | advmod |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 fisherman | det |
| 14 | fisherman | fisherman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 pulled | nsubj |
| 15 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 kept | conj |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 pulled | obj |
| 17 | out | out | ADP | _ | 15 pulled | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep up | past | her clothes | her = she | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | her clothes not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | pull out | past | a fisherman | her = she | then | tree rules |
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