Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangi…

Bruh, how did the beggar get the ladder up?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, get up · To what, where: beggar, ladder

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 get	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beggar	det
6	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ladder	det
9	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	7 get	compound:prt
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 get	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	get up	present		the ladder					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ladder=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 · ✓ the right answer

Chucked the silk, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chucked	chuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 silk	amod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 silk	det
3	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mate	punct
5	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 silk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	participle							vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Flung the wool, fam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wool	det
3	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Flung	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fam	punct
5	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wool	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	past		the wool and fam					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Theme

Option 3

Climbed it, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Climbed	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bruv	punct
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past		it				bruv obl	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Tossed the rope, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rope	det
3	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tossed	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mate	punct
5	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rope	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss	past		the rope and mate					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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