Test 11 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe…

So he's just fine at the end, no bother?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: be · To what, where: end

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 264 «English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe fights the Worm at the Rock» 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 fine	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fine	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 fine	advmod
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fine	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bother	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 bother	det
11	bother	bother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he				at the end and no bother	fine property	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

Yeah, the Worm dropped him, he's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dropped	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Worm	det
4	Worm	Worm	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dropped	nsubj
5	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	parataxis
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dropped	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dropped	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fine	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	the Worm	him = he					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	is	present	Worm					fine property	tree rules

Option 2

Nah, he's bruised but standing, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 bruised	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bruised	nsubj:pass
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bruised	aux:pass
5	bruised	bruise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 standing	cc
7	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 bruised	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bruv	punct
9	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bruised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bruise	present · passive		he				bruv obl	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	stand	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, the Worm let him go, he's still standing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Worm	det
4	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 let	nsubj
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 standing	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 standing	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 standing	aux
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 standing	advmod
12	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 let	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	let	infinitive	the Worm	him = he		tree rules
2	go	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stand	present · progressive	Worm		still	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nah, he's dead, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 dead	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dead	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dead	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mate	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dead	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					dead property	tree rules

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