Test 5 · ★ · English Folk Tales, The Lost Moon: the Evil Things bury th…
Bare creepy, the Bogles and that. What did the witches say they'd do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: witches · What happens: do, say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 251 «English Folk Tales, The Lost Moon: the Evil Things bury the Moon in the bog, and the marsh folk find her again» 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
Sentence 1: Bare creepy, the Bogles and that.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 creepy | amod |
| 2 | creepy | creepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Bogles | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Bogles | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Bogles | det |
| 5 | Bogles | Bogle | PROPN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 that | cc |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 Bogles | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 Bogles | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: What did the witches say they'd do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 witches | det |
| 4 | witches | witch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 do | nsubj |
| 7 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 do | aux |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 say | ccomp |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the witches | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | do | would | witches = witch | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
trap her under the stone and leave her there, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trap | trap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 trap | obj |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 stone | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stone | det |
| 5 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 trap | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 leave | cc |
| 7 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 trap | conj |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 leave | obj |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 leave | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bruv | punct |
| 11 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 trap | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trap | imperative | you not said here | her = she | the stone | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme under stone=Destination | |||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | you not said here | her = she | there | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 2
smother her in the mud, mate, and that's all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smother | smother | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 smother | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 mud | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mud | det |
| 5 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 smother | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mate | punct |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 smother | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 all | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 all | cc |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 all | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 all | cop |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 smother | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
drown her, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drown | drown | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 drown | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bruv | punct |
| 4 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 drown | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drown | imperative | you not said here | her = she | bruv vocative | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
poison her, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poison | poison | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 poison | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bruv | punct |
| 4 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 poison | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poison | imperative | you not said here | her = she | bruv obl | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
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