Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's c…

Mally's mad at them pigs, right, so what she do to them, like?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mally · What happens: do · To what, where: mad pigs, pigs

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 236 «English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's chores, loses the groats to a robber, and the couple wins them back» 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	Mally	Mally	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 pigs	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mally	case
3	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pigs	amod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 mad	obl
6	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 do	punct
8	right	right	INTJ	_	13 do	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 do	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 do	advmod
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 do	obj
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 do	nsubj
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 pigs	acl:relcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 do	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 like	punct
17	like	like	ADP	_	13 do	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 pigs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	infinitive	Mally	Mally's mad pigs	pigs = pig				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

she pushed their noses in the swill tub

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 noses	nmod:poss
4	noses	nose	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pushed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 tub	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tub	det
7	swill	swill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tub	compound
8	tub	tub	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	she	their noses		the swill tub			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent nose=Theme in tub=Trajectory

Option 2

she grabbed a stick and beat them all round the sty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grabbed	nsubj
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stick	det
4	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grabbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 beat	cc
6	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 grabbed	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 beat	obj
8	all	all	ADV	_	11 sty	advmod
9	round	round	ADP	_	11 sty	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sty	det
11	sty	sty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	she	a stick					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme
2	beat	infinitive	she not said here	them = they				round the sty	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme

Option 3

she jammed their snouts into the feed bin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 jammed	nsubj
2	jammed	jam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 snouts	nmod:poss
4	snouts	snout	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 jammed	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 bin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bin	det
7	feed	feed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bin	compound
8	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jammed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jam	past	she	their snouts		the feed bin			vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent snout=Theme into bin=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she shoved their heads in the trough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shoved	nsubj
2	shoved	shove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 heads	nmod:poss
4	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shoved	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 trough	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trough	det
7	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shoved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove	past	she	their heads		the trough			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent head=Theme in trough=Destination

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