Test 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring: a baron tries…
Gutted for the girl, she nearly got chucked off the cliffs, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: gut, chuck off · To what, where: girl
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | Gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 chucked | advcl |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 girl | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gutted | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gutted | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 chucked | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 9 chucked | advmod |
| 8 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 chucked | aux:pass |
| 9 | chucked | chuck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 cliffs | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 cliffs | det |
| 12 | cliffs | cliff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 chucked | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 chucked | punct |
| 14 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 9 chucked | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 chucked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut | participle | for the girl | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | chuck off | past · passive | girl | off the cliffs; nearly property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination cliff=Theme |
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, but the robbers saved her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 saved | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 saved | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 saved | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 robbers | det |
| 5 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 saved | nsubj |
| 6 | saved | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 saved | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | past | the robbers | her = she | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, but she begged for her life and the baron finally relented, sort of
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 begged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 begged | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 begged | cc |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 begged | nsubj |
| 5 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 life | nmod:poss |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 begged | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 relented | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 baron | det |
| 11 | baron | baron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 relented | nsubj |
| 12 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 13 relented | advmod |
| 13 | relented | relent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 begged | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 sort | punct |
| 15 | sort | sort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 begged | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 sort | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | she | sort | for her life | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for life=Topic | |||
| 2 | relent | past | the baron | finally property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, but she begged for her life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 begged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 begged | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 begged | cc |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 begged | nsubj |
| 5 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 life | nmod:poss |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 begged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | she | for her life | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for life=Topic |
Option 4
Nah, she didn't nearly get chucked off, she begged for her life and her father's pardon
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 12 begged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 chucked | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 chucked | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 chucked | advmod |
| 6 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 8 chucked | advmod |
| 7 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 chucked | aux:pass |
| 8 | chucked | chuck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Nah | vocative |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 chucked | compound:prt |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 begged | nsubj |
| 12 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 life | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 life | nmod:poss |
| 15 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 begged | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 pardon | cc |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 father | nmod:poss |
| 18 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 pardon | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 father | case |
| 20 | pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 begged | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not chuck off | past · passive · do-support | she | nearly property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | beg speech: request | past | she | for her life | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for life=Topic | ||||
| 3 | pardon | her father | nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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