Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become ste…

Did the greyhound get in trouble or just wag its tail?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: get, wag · To what, where: greyhound, trouble, tail

This is test 12 · ★ 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	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 greyhound	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 greyhound	det
3	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 trouble	case
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 wag	cc
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 wag	advmod
9	wag	wag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 get	conj
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 tail	nmod:poss
11	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wag	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present		the greyhound		trouble			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	wag	infinitive		trouble's tail					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

It bit him and ran away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bit	nsubj
2	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bit	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ran	cc
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bit	conj
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	It	him = he					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	run away	past						away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It licked his hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 licked	nsubj
2	licked	lick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 licked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lick	past	It	his hand					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent hand=Source

Option 3

It ran off to the barn quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 ran	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 barn	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 barn	det
6	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
7	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ran	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	It			the barn			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to barn=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It jumped up to his mouth and he forgot her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 jumped	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 mouth	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mouth	nmod:poss
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jumped	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forgot	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forgot	nsubj
9	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 jumped	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forgot	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump up	past	It					to his mouth result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to mouth=Result
2	forget	past	he	her = she					tree rules

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