Test 3 · ★ · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm…

Howay, what's the bugle thing for, hinny?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Howay · What happens: be · To what, where: bugle thing

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Howay	Howay	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thing	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 thing	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 thing	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	bugle	bugle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thing	compound
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Howay	appos
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 hinny	case
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hinny	punct
10	hinny	hinny	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thing	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Howay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Howay	the bugle thing				for hinny	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

Aye, it's for callin' the servants oot and tellin' them tae open the big doors

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	6 callin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 callin	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 callin	cop
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 callin	case
6	callin	callin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	10 oot	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 servants	det
9	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 oot	compound
10	oot	oot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 callin	appos
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tellin	cc
12	tellin	tellin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 oot	conj
13	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 tellin	punct
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 oot	nmod
15	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	16 open	mark
16	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 callin	acl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 doors	det
18	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 doors	amod
19	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 open	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					for callin	tree rules
2	open	infinitive	callin not said here	the big doors					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Blowin' it three times signals the Hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blowin	Blowin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 signals	nmod:poss
2	'	's	PART	_	1 Blowin	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 signals	nsubj
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 times	nummod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 signals	compound
6	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Hall	det
8	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 signals	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signal		Blowin						nom signal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Blowin' it three times signals the Hall that the lad's survived the worm, man

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blowin	Blowin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 signals	nmod:poss
2	'	's	PART	_	1 Blowin	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 signals	nsubj
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 times	nummod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 signals	compound
6	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Hall	det
8	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 signals	appos
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 survived	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lad	det
11	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 survived	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 lad	case
13	survived	survive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 signals	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 worm	det
15	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 survived	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 man	punct
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 worm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	survive	participle	Blowin's times signals not said here	the worm and man					vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme worm=Circumstance
2	signal		Blowin						nom signal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Tellin' the folks the lad's alive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tellin	Tellin	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	'	'	PUNCT	_	4 folks	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 folks	det
4	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tellin	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lad	det
6	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 alive	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 lad	case
8	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tellin	parataxis

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

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