Test 9 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe…

Did the Worm just squish him straight away, or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, squish · To what, where: Worm

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Worm	det
3	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 squish	advmod
5	squish	squish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	parataxis
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 squish	obj
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	8 away	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	5 squish	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 what	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 what	cc
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 squish	parataxis
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the Worm					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worm=Eventuality
2	squish	present		Worm				away property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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

Aye, squished him, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	3 squished	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 squished	punct
3	squished	squish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 squished	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bruv	punct
6	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squish	past		him = he				bruv obl	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, it pressed, but the spikes got right in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 pressed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pressed	nsubj
4	pressed	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 got	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spikes	det
8	spikes	spike	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 got	nsubj
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pressed	conj
10	right	right	ADV	_	11 in	advmod
11	in	in	ADV	_	9 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	past	it						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	get	past	the spikes						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Nah, it bit, but the spears stuck fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 bit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bit	nsubj
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 spears	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 spears	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spears	det
8	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bit	nmod
9	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 spears	acl
10	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 stuck	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	participle		the spears not said here				fast property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Aye, it squeezed, but the spikes stuck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 squeezed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 squeezed	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 squeezed	nsubj
4	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stuck	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 stuck	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spikes	det
8	spikes	spike	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 stuck	nsubj
9	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 squeezed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	past	it						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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