Test 12 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf: the boy kills t…
Oi, when the boy showed the ring, who was gobsmacked?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Oi · What happens: show, gobsmack · To what, where: ring
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 261 «English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf: the boy kills the dragon and wins the princess» 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 | Oi | oi | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 showed | punct |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 showed | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 showed | nsubj |
| 6 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ring | det |
| 8 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 showed | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 gobsmacked | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 gobsmacked | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 gobsmacked | aux:pass |
| 12 | gobsmacked | gobsmack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 ring | acl:relcl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | Oi | the ring | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ring=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | gobsmack | past · passive | the ring | tree rules |
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 · ✓ the right answer
the other gentlemen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gentlemen | det |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gentlemen | amod |
| 3 | gentlemen | gentleman | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
the posh gents who'd brought their tongues
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gents | det |
| 2 | posh | posh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gents | amod |
| 3 | gents | gent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 brought | aux |
| 6 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 tongues | nmod:poss |
| 8 | tongues | tongue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 brought | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past · perfect · passive | the posh gents | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination tongue=Theme |
Option 3
the other lords
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lords | det |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lords | amod |
| 3 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
the king and all the other fine gentlemen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 gentlemen | cc |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 gentlemen | det:predet |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gentlemen | det |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 gentlemen | amod |
| 7 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 gentlemen | amod |
| 8 | gentlemen | gentleman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 king | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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