Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangi…

Lol, what did the beggar do when he vanished?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: do, vanish · To what, where: beggar

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2006 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangings and a returned wife» 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beggar	det
6	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 vanished	aux
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 vanished	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 vanished	nsubj
10	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the beggar					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beggar=Eventuality
2	vanish	present · do-support	he						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

He flew off into the sky or sank through the floor, lol

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	off	off	ADP	_	2 flew	compound:prt
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 sky	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sky	det
6	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flew	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 sank	cc
8	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flew	conj
9	through	through	ADP	_	11 floor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 floor	det
11	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sank	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 flew	punct
13	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 flew	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly off	past	He					into the sky result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into sky=Result
2	sink	past	He not said here			the floor			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He flew off or sank, lol

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	off	off	ADP	_	2 flew	compound:prt
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 sank	cc
5	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flew	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sank	punct
7	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 flew	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly off	past	He						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sink	past	He not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He turned into a hare and ran off or sank, lol, nobody knew

The tree, 13 words

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 hare	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hare	det
5	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ran	cc
7	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 ran	compound:prt
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 sank	cc
10	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lol	punct
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	10 sank	discourse
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 knew	punct
14	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 knew	nsubj
15	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	turn	past	He	into a hare result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into hare=Result
2	run off	past	He not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sink	past	He not said here		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	know	past	nobody		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

He turned to smoke, lol

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 smoke	mark
4	smoke	smoke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 turned	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 smoke	punct
6	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 turned	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	He						tree rules
2	smoke	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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