Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a…

Oi, did the Moon get proper stuck in a bog snag, bor?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oi, Moon · What happens: do, get, bor

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 250 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a tree, gets three wishes, and wastes one on black pudding» 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Moon	det
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	proper	properly	ADV	_	8 stuck	advmod
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 snag	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 snag	det
11	bog	bog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 snag	compound
12	snag	snag	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuck	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bor	punct
14	bor	bor	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 get	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	Oi		tree rules
2	get	present	the Moon	stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	bor	infinitive	the Moon not said here		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

No, it slipped round her neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 slipped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slipped	nsubj
4	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 neck	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 neck	nmod:poss
7	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	it					round her neck	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the bog snag twined round her wrists and her golden hair too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 snag	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 snag	det
4	bog	bog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snag	compound
5	snag	snag	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	twined	twine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 snag	acl
7	round	round	ADP	_	9 wrists	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wrists	nmod:poss
9	wrists	wrist	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 twined	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hair	cc
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hair	nmod:poss
12	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hair	amod
13	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wrists	conj
14	too	too	ADV	_	6 twined	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twine	participle		the bog snag not said here		her wrists and her golden hair			vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round wrist=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, it twined round her wrists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 twined	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 twined	nsubj
4	twined	twine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 wrists	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wrists	nmod:poss
7	wrists	wrist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 twined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twine	past	it			her wrists			vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round wrist=Destination

Option 4

Yes, it twined round her wrists and held her there all night long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 twined	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 twined	nsubj
4	twined	twine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 wrists	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wrists	nmod:poss
7	wrists	wrist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 twined	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 held	cc
9	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 twined	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 held	obj
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 held	advmod
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 night	det
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 held	obl:unmarked
14	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 held	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twine	past	it			her wrists			vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round wrist=Destination
2	hold	past		her = she		there	night	long property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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