Test 2 · ★ · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm…

Wait, why'd the Childe's dad run out, like?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, dad · What happens: wait, run out

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 run	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 run	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	9 run	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Childe	det
6	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dad	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Childe	case
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 run	nsubj
9	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 run	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 like	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	9 run	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	run out	present	the Childe's dad						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Cos he heard the bugle, man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bugle	det
5	bugle	bugle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 man	punct
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bugle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	Cos	the bugle and man					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bugle=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cos he was buzzin' the lad was safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 buzzin	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 buzzin	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 buzzin	aux
4	buzzin	buzzin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 safe	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lad	det
7	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 safe	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 safe	cop
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 buzzin	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buzzin	past · progressive	he						tree rules
2	is	past	the lad					safe property	tree rules

Option 3

Cos he was mad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 mad	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mad	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mad	cop
4	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 4

Cos he was lookin' for his dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 lookin	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lookin	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lookin	aux
4	lookin	lookin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	4 lookin	punct
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 dog	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dog	nmod:poss
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lookin	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lookin	past · progressive	he					for his dog	tree rules

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