Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe…

Right, so what was he actually yanking out of the water at the start?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: yank · To what, where: water

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Right	right	INTJ	_	8 yanking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 what	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 yanking	obj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 yanking	aux
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 yanking	nsubj
7	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 yanking	advmod
8	yanking	yank	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	out	out	ADP	_	12 water	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 yanking	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 start	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 start	det
15	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 yanking	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 yanking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yank	past · progressive	he			the water		at the start; actually property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent what=Theme out water=Initial_Location

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 proper minging great worm wi' nine holes and a stink on it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 holes	det
2	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 holes	amod
3	minging	ming	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 holes	amod
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wi	amod
5	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wi	compound
6	wi	wi	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 holes	nsubj
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 holes	punct
8	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 holes	nummod
9	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stink	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stink	det
12	stink	stink	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 holes	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stink	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ming	gerund							tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A proper minging worm wi' nine holes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wi	det
2	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wi	amod
3	minging	ming	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 wi	amod
4	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wi	compound
5	wi	wi	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 holes	punct
7	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 holes	nummod
8	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wi	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ming	gerund							tree rules

Option 3

A right mucky pike wi' spots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wi	det
2	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wi	amod
3	mucky	mucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wi	amod
4	pike	pike	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wi	compound
5	wi	wi	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spots	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 wi	case
7	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A massive minging serpent wi' nine holes in its scaly back, like a proper monster

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wi	det
2	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wi	amod
3	minging	minging	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 serpent	compound
4	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wi	compound
5	wi	wi	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 holes	punct
7	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 holes	nummod
8	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wi	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 back	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 back	nmod:poss
11	scaly	scaly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 back	amod
12	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 holes	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 monster	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	17 monster	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 monster	det
16	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 monster	amod
17	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wi	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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