Test 8 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar…
wait, why is he in stone at the church?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, he · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: stone
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 249 «English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar dreams of London Bridge and finds a treasure at home» 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 stone | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 stone | advmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 stone | cop |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stone | nsubj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 stone | case |
| 7 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 church | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 church | det |
| 10 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stone | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | he | stone | at the church | tree rules |
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
Cos he's got his pack and dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 4 got | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 pack | nmod:poss |
| 6 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 dog | cc |
| 8 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pack | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | he | his pack and dog | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pack=Stimulus |
Option 2
Cos he's got his pack and his dog, and they're the bits people remember him by in the village
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 4 got | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 pack | nmod:poss |
| 6 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 dog | cc |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 dog | nmod:poss |
| 9 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pack | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 bits | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 bits | cc |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 bits | nsubj |
| 13 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 bits | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 bits | det |
| 15 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | parataxis |
| 16 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 remember | nsubj |
| 17 | remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 bits | parataxis |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 remember | obj |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 village | case |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 village | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 village | det |
| 22 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | he | his pack and his dog | by the village | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pack=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | is a | present | pack | the bits | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | remember | present | people | dog | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3
Cos he built the whole nave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 3 built | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 built | nsubj |
| 3 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 nave | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 nave | amod |
| 6 | nave | nave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 built | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past | he | the whole nave | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nave=Product |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Cos the townsfolk wanted to remember him with his pack and dog after he rebuilt the church
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 3 townsfolk | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 townsfolk | det |
| 3 | townsfolk | townsfolk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | obl |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 remember | mark |
| 6 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 remember | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 pack | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 pack | nmod:poss |
| 10 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 remember | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 dog | cc |
| 12 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pack | conj |
| 13 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 15 rebuilt | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 rebuilt | nsubj |
| 15 | rebuilt | rebuild | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wanted | advcl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 church | det |
| 17 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 rebuilt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | cos the townsfolk | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | remember not said to happen | to-infinitive | him = he | with his pack and dog | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | rebuild | past | dog | the church | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Result |
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