Test 1 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

Did u see how Tamlane kept turning into stuff, like a snake an that?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, Tamlane · What happens: see, keep, turn · To what, where: stuff

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 see	nsubj
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 kept	advmod
5	Tamlane	Tamlane	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 kept	nsubj
6	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 see	advcl
7	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 kept	xcomp
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 stuff	case
9	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turning	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 snake	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 snake	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 snake	det
13	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turning	obl
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 that	det
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 snake	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	see	past · do-support	u			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	keep	past	Tamlane			tree rules
3	turn	gerund	Tamlane not said here	stuff	like a snake that	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into stuff=Trajectory

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

Naw, she got scared an let go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 got	xcomp
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 let	det
7	let	let	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Naw	a let				scared property	tree rules
2	go	infinitive	a let not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Aye, she tried tae hold on but the ice wis ower cauld, so she jumped intae the burn an drowned

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 tried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tried	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tried	nsubj
4	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	6 hold	mark
6	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tried	xcomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	6 hold	compound:prt
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 cauld	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ice	det
10	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cauld	nsubj
11	wis	wis	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cauld	amod
12	ower	ower	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cauld	compound
13	cauld	cauld	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hold	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 jumped	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	17 jumped	advmod
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 jumped	nsubj
17	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tried	conj
18	intae	intae	ADP	_	20 burn	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 burn	det
20	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 jumped	obl
21	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 drowned	nsubj:pass
22	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 jumped	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	try	past	she			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	hold on not said to happen	infinitive	she not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cauld		the ice			tree rules
4	jump	past	ice		intae the burn	tree rules
5	drown	participle · passive		an		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Naw, Janet let go when he turned intae the snake, an then she ran hame tae the mill-dam wi aw the knights chasing her

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 let	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Naw	punct
3	Janet	Janet	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 let	nsubj
4	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 turned	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 turned	nsubj
8	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 go	advcl
9	intae	intae	ADP	_	11 snake	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 snake	det
11	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turned	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ran	punct
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 ran	det
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 ran	advmod
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 ran	nsubj
16	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 let	conj
17	hame	hame	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ran	obj
18	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	22 dam	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 dam	det
20	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 dam	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 mill	punct
22	dam	dam	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ran	obl
23	wi	wi	X	Foreign=Yes	22 dam	flat:foreign
24	aw	aw	ADP	_	26 knights	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 knights	det
26	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 ran	obl
27	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	26 knights	acl
28	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 chasing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	let	past	Naw				tree rules
2	go	infinitive	Naw not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	turn	past	Janet			intae the snake	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	run	past	Naw	hame	then	tae the mill dam; aw the knights	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hame=Trajectory
5	chase	gerund	the knights not said here	Naw			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Aye, Janet just hung on, pure brave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	5 hung	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	Janet	Janet	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 hung	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 hung	advmod
5	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADV	_	5 hung	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hung	punct
8	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hung	xcomp
9	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hung	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang on	past	Janet					brave, pure property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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