Test 6 · ★ · Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won b…

Hang on, how were the Douglas lot getting up?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Douglas lot · What happens: hang on, be, get up · To what, where: Douglas lot

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 345 «Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won back at dusk» 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	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	1 Hang	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lot	punct
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 lot	advmod
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lot	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lot	det
7	Douglas	Douglas	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 lot	compound
8	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hang	obl
9	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 lot	acl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 getting	compound:prt
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Hang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hang on	imperative	you not said here		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the Douglas lot	tree rules
3	get up	gerund	the Douglas lot not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Creeping along with shields up high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Creeping	creep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 shields	csubj
2	along	along	ADV	_	1 Creeping	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 shields	case
4	shields	shield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 shields	compound:prt
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shields	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep	gerund						along property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shield up	present	Creeping					high property	tree rules

Option 2

Sneaking through the dark trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sneaking	sneak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	through	through	ADP	_	5 trees	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trees	det
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 trees	amod
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sneaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneak	gerund				the dark trees			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through tree=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Crawling along with ladders on the grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crawling	crawl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	along	along	ADV	_	1 Crawling	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 ladders	case
4	ladders	ladder	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Crawling	obl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 grass	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grass	det
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Crawling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crawl	gerund				the grass		with ladders; along property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grass=Trajectory

Option 4

Dragging ladders quietly along the edge of the moat in the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dragging	drag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	ladders	ladder	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Dragging	obj
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Dragging	advmod
4	along	along	ADP	_	6 edge	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 edge	det
6	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dragging	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 moat	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 moat	det
9	moat	moat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 edge	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 dark	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dark	det
12	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dragging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	gerund		ladders		the dark		along the edge of the moat; quietly property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladder=Theme

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