Test 14 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hoby…
The Hobyahs got done in at the end, yeah? What finished them?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do in, finish · To what, where: Hobyahs, end
This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 253 «English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hobyahs are beaten, the fool's mother dies, and a lass offers to help him» 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: The Hobyahs got done in at the end, yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Hobyahs | det |
| 2 | Hobyahs | hobyah | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 done | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 done | aux:pass |
| 4 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 done | compound:prt |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 end | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 end | det |
| 8 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 done | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 done | punct |
| 10 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 done | discourse |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 done | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in | past · passive | the Hobyahs | at the end | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.
Sentence 2: What finished them?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 finished | nsubj |
| 2 | finished | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 finished | obj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 finished | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finish | past | Hobyahs = hobyah | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
the big dog that jumped out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dog | amod |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 jumped | nsubj |
| 5 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dog | acl:relcl |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 jumped | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump out | past | the big dog | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
the big dog that jumped out of the bag at last
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dog | amod |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jumped | nsubj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 jumped | nsubj |
| 5 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 bag | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 bag | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bag | det |
| 9 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jumped | obl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 last | case |
| 11 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 jumped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump out | past | the big dog | the bag | last | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bag=Theme at last=Trajectory |
Option 3
the traveller's big dog that jumped out from the sack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 traveller | det |
| 2 | traveller | traveller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dog | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 traveller | case |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dog | amod |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jumped | nsubj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 jumped | nsubj |
| 7 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 jumped | compound:prt |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 sack | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sack | det |
| 11 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jumped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump out | past | the traveller's big dog | the sack | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from sack=Trajectory |
Option 4
the big cat that came out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cat | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cat | amod |
| 3 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cat | acl:relcl |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 5 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | past | the big cat | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
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