Test 8 · ★ · Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won b…

What happened when she turned round, like?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: happen, turn round

This is test 8 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 turned	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 turned	nsubj
5	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 happened	advcl
6	round	round	ADV	_	5 turned	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 like	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	5 turned	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	turn round	past	she					round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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

An English knight was standing there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 knight	det
2	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 knight	amod
3	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 standing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 standing	aux
5	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 standing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past · progressive	a English knight			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The Scots had caught her and the child trying to escape through the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Scots	det
2	Scots	Scot	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caught	aux
4	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 Scots	acl
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 caught	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 child	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Scots	conj
9	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 child	acl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 escape	mark
11	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 trying	xcomp
12	through	through	ADP	_	14 gate	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gate	det
14	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 escape	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	catch	past · perfect	the Scots and the child not said here	her = she		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	try	gerund	the child not said here			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	escape not said to happen	to-infinitive	the child not said here		the gate	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through gate=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Black Douglas was stood there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Douglas	det
2	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Douglas	compound
3	Douglas	Douglas	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stood	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stood	aux:pass
5	stood	stand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 stood	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past · passive		the Black Douglas		there			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

A tall Scottish lord with a dark beard was standing right in front of her

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lord	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lord	amod
3	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lord	amod
4	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 standing	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 beard	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 beard	det
7	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 beard	amod
8	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lord	nmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 standing	aux
10	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	right	right	ADV	_	10 standing	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 front	case
13	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 standing	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past · progressive	a tall Scottish lord with a dark beard			front of her		right property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location

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