Test 9 · ★ · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm…

Did the Childe actually swim, or nah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: swim · To what, where: Childe

This is test 9 · ★ 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	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 swim	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Childe	det
3	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 swim	obl
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 swim	advmod
5	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 nah	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 nah	cc
8	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 swim	discourse
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 swim	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	past · do-support		the Childe				actually property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «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

Nah, he never swam, he just walked along the bank to the bridge, man

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 swam	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 swam	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 swam	advmod
5	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 walked	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 walked	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 walked	advmod
9	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 swam	conj
10	along	along	ADP	_	12 bank	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bank	det
12	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walked	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 bridge	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bridge	det
15	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walked	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 man	punct
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bridge	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not swim	past	he						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	walk	past	he					along the bank; to the bridge and man result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to bridge=Result

Option 2

Aye, he crawled ashore, bonny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 crawled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 crawled	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crawled	nsubj
4	crawled	crawl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	ashore	ashore	ADV	_	4 crawled	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bonny	punct
7	bonny	bonny	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crawled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crawl	past	he	bonny				ashore property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Nah, he drowned in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 drowned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drowned	nsubj
4	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past	he			the river			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Aye, he swam ashore, bonny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	4 swam	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swam	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swam	nsubj
4	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	ashore	ashore	ADV	_	4 swam	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bonny	punct
7	bonny	bonny	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swam	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	past	he	bonny				ashore property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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