Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become ste…

Did the king's son step on all the bones, innit?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: king · What happens: do, innit, step · To what, where: son step, bones

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2019 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become steps, a finger is lost, and the giant drowns» 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	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 step	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 king	case
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 step	compound
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 bones	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 bones	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bones	det
10	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 step	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
12	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 step	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past		the king's son step on all bones		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	innit	infinitive				tree rules
3	step		the king		all bones	nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent on=place

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, he trod on them all, every single one, so she had to be put back together with water

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 trod	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 trod	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trod	nsubj
4	trod	tread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trod	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 them	nmod:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 one	punct
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 one	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trod	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 had	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	15 had	advmod
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 had	nsubj
15	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 trod	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	18 put	mark
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 put	aux:pass
18	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 had	xcomp
19	back	back	ADV	_	18 put	advmod
20	together	together	ADV	_	18 put	advmod
21	with	with	ADP	_	22 water	case
22	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tread	past	he	them = they		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location they=Theme
2	have	past	she			tree rules
3	put back	to-infinitive · passive	she not said here		with water; together property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»

Option 2

Yeah, he stepped on every one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 stepped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stepped	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stepped	nsubj
4	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 one	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stepped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step	past	he					on every one	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on one=Trajectory

Option 3

Nah, he missed the last bone, so she was left with only nine fingers and a limp for the rest of her life

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 missed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 missed	nsubj
4	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bone	det
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bone	amod
7	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 missed	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 left	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 left	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 left	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 left	aux:pass
12	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 missed	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 fingers	case
14	only	only	ADV	_	15 nine	advmod
15	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 fingers	nummod
16	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 left	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 limp	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 limp	det
19	limp	limp	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fingers	conj
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 rest	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 rest	det
22	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 life	case
24	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 life	nmod:poss
25	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past	he	the last bone					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Stimulus
2	leave	past · passive		she				with nine fingers and a limp; for the rest of her life	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with finger=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he missed the last one, so she lost a finger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 missed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 missed	nsubj
4	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 missed	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lost	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 lost	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lost	nsubj
11	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 missed	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 finger	det
13	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past	he	the last one					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus
2	lose	past	she	a finger					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Eventuality

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