Test 12 · ★ · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm…
So the old lord was prayin' the whole time, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: old lord · What happens: prayin
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 265 «English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm and his vow is broken» 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 | _ | 6 prayin | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lord | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lord | amod |
| 4 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 prayin | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 prayin | aux |
| 6 | prayin | prayin | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 time | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 time | det |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 time | amod |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 prayin | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 prayin | punct |
| 12 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 prayin | discourse |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 prayin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prayin | past · progressive | the old lord | time | 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
Yeah, him and the servants in the Hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 him | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 him | punct |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 servants | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 servants | det |
| 6 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 him | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Hall | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Hall | det |
| 9 | Hall | Hall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 him | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Yeah, him and the servants in the Hall, all of them shut in and praying hard for the lad's life, man
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 him | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 him | punct |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 servants | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 servants | det |
| 6 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 him | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Hall | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Hall | det |
| 9 | Hall | Hall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 servants | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 shut | punct |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 shut | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 them | case |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 all | nmod |
| 14 | shut | shut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 him | conj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 shut | compound:prt |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 praying | cc |
| 17 | praying | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 shut | conj |
| 18 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 17 praying | advmod |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 life | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 lad | det |
| 21 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 life | nmod:poss |
| 22 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 21 lad | case |
| 23 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 praying | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 man | punct |
| 25 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 him | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | gerund | for the lad's life; hard property | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for life=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, him and the knights outside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 him | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 him | punct |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 knights | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 knights | det |
| 6 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 him | conj |
| 7 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 6 knights | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Aye, him and the priest by the door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aye | aye | INTJ | _ | 3 him | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Aye | punct |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 priest | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 priest | det |
| 6 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 him | conj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 door | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 door | det |
| 9 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 priest | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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