Test 12 · ★ · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a po…

Did the herd's sword fly out of his hand when he swung at the crone?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sword · What happens: fly out, swing · To what, where: hand

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2007 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a poor fisherman promises his first son to the sea-maiden, and the son sets out» 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	6 fly	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 herd	det
3	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sword	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 herd	case
5	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fly	nsubj
6	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 hand	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 hand	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hand	nmod:poss
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fly	obl
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 swung	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 swung	nsubj
13	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fly	advcl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 crone	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 crone	det
16	crone	crone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 swung	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 fly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly out	past · do-support	the herd's sword	sword's hand					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme
2	swing	past	sword					at the crone	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at crone=Trajectory

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, it flew right out of his hand and landed in the grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 flew	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flew	nsubj
4	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	right	right	ADV	_	4 flew	advmod
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 hand	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 hand	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hand	nmod:poss
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flew	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 landed	cc
11	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flew	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 grass	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 grass	det
14	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 landed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	it			his hand		right property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out hand=Location
2	land	past				the grass			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in grass=Destination

Option 2

Yeah, it snapped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 snapped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 snapped	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 snapped	nsubj
4	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	past	it						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

No, he held it tight and struck again with his whole strength

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 held	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 held	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 held	nsubj
4	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 held	obj
6	tight	tight	ADV	_	4 held	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 struck	cc
8	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 held	conj
9	again	again	ADV	_	8 struck	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 strength	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 strength	nmod:poss
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 strength	amod
13	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	he	it				tight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	strike	past	he not said here				again	with his whole strength	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with strength=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it flew out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 flew	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flew	nsubj
4	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 flew	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly out	past	it						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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