Test 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: the glass slipper fits…

Ya, where was the sexton when he heard the meowing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ya · What happens: be, hear · To what, where: sexton, meowing

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 258 «English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: the glass slipper fits the girl in the rushen coatie» 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	Ya	Ya	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 heard	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sexton	punct
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 sexton	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sexton	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sexton	det
6	sexton	sexton	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ya	appos
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 heard	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 heard	nsubj
9	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 meowing	det
11	meowing	meowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heard	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the sexton					tree rules
2	hear	past	Ya	the meowing					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer meowing=Stimulus

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

mending the fence around the churchyard wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	mending	mend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fence	det
3	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 mending	obj
4	around	around	ADP	_	7 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
6	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wall	compound
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 mending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mend	gerund		the fence		the churchyard wall			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

digging at Mr Fordyce's grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	6 grave	case
3	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Fordyce	compound
4	Fordyce	Fordyce	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 grave	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Fordyce	case
6	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 digging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	gerund						at Mr Fordyce's grave	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at grave=Theme

Option 3

sweeping the church steps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	sweeping	sweep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 steps	det
3	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 steps	compound
4	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 sweeping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	gerund		the church steps					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme step=Trajectory

Option 4

ringing the bell at dusk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ringing	ring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bell	det
3	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ringing	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 dusk	case
5	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ringing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	gerund		the bell			dusk		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme

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