Test 13 · ★ · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm…

Did the Childe's dad get to hug him in the end, or nah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad · What happens: do, get, hug · To what, where: dad, end

This is test 13 · ★ 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Childe	det
3	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dad	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Childe	case
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	parataxis
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hug	mark
8	hug	hug	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 get	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hug	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 end	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hug	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 nah	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 nah	cc
15	nah	nah	INTJ	_	1 Did	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	the Childe's dad			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	hug	to-infinitive	the Childe's dad not said here	dad	in the end	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent

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

Nah, the vow stopped him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 stopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vow	det
4	vow	vow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stopped	nsubj
5	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stopped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	the vow	him = he					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality

Option 2

Aye, he hugged him tight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 hugged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hugged	nsubj
4	hugged	hug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hugged	obj
6	tight	tight	ADV	_	4 hugged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hug	past	he	him = he				tight property	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent

Option 3

Nah, the vow stopped him from touching his son, so he stood back, like, sad

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 stopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vow	det
4	vow	vow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stopped	nsubj
5	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stopped	obj
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 touching	mark
8	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stopped	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 son	nmod:poss
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 touching	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stood	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 stood	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stood	nsubj
14	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stopped	conj
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 stood	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 like	punct
17	like	like	INTJ	_	14 stood	discourse
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sad	punct
19	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stopped	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	stop	past	the vow	him = he	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality
2	touch	gerund	the vow not said here	vow's son	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme son=Co-Theme
3	stand back	past	vow		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Aye, he hugged him tight, but then the vow reminded them both what had to happen, man

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 hugged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hugged	nsubj
4	hugged	hug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hugged	obj
6	tight	tight	ADV	_	4 hugged	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 reminded	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 reminded	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 reminded	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 vow	det
11	vow	vow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reminded	nsubj
12	reminded	remind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hugged	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 reminded	obj
14	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	16 had	nsubj
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 had	nsubj
16	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 reminded	ccomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 happen	mark
18	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 had	xcomp
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 man	punct
20	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	hug	past	he	him = he			tight property	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
2	remind speech: other	past	the vow		them = they	then		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
3	have	past	both					tree rules
4	happen	to-infinitive	both not said here	man				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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