Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Apples, part 22: J…

Proper weird, what happened when the head went in?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: head · What happens: happen, go in

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 255 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Apples, part 22: Jack sneaks past the sleeping monsters, steals the apples, and heads 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	Proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 weird	amod
2	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 happened	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 happened	nsubj
5	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 weird	conj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 went	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 head	det
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 happened	advcl
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 went	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 weird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go in	past	the head						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

A fine young gentleman popped up, his brother's head back on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gentleman	det
2	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gentleman	amod
3	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gentleman	amod
4	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	popped	pop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 gentleman	acl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 popped	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 head	punct
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brother	nmod:poss
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 head	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 brother	case
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gentleman	conj
12	back	back	ADV	_	13 on	advmod
13	on	on	ADV	_	4 gentleman	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pop up	participle		a fine young gentleman and his brother's head not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A fine young gentleman popped up from the water, smiling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gentleman	det
2	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gentleman	amod
3	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gentleman	amod
4	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 popped	nsubj
5	popped	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 popped	compound:prt
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 popped	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 smiling	punct
11	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 popped	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pop up	past	a fine young gentleman			the water			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	smile	gerund	a fine young gentleman not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A fine old lady appeared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lady	det
2	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lady	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lady	amod
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 appeared	nsubj
5	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	past	a fine old lady						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A fine young gentleman popped up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gentleman	det
2	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gentleman	amod
3	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gentleman	amod
4	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	popped	pop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 gentleman	acl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 popped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pop up	participle		a fine young gentleman not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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