Test 3 · ★ · Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede, part 7: a soldier…

Ngl, what happened to the Squirrel, deadass?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: happen

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 347 «Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede, part 7: a soldier spares a wounded enemy, and English heroes and a little Indian girl show courage» 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 happened	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
4	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Squirrel	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Squirrel	det
7	Squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happened	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 deadass	punct
9	deadass	deadass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Squirrel	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	Ngl					to the Squirrel and deadass	vn occur-48.3-1 «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

The big waves pulled it under and it was lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 waves	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 waves	amod
3	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pulled	nsubj
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pulled	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	4 pulled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lost	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lost	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 lost	aux:pass
10	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 pulled	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	the big waves	it					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	lose	past · passive		it					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2

The storm tore off its sails and it drifted away to the north coast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tore	nsubj
3	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 tore	compound:prt
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sails	nmod:poss
6	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tore	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 drifted	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 drifted	nsubj
9	drifted	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tore	conj
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 drifted	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 coast	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 coast	det
13	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 coast	compound
14	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drifted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore off	past	the storm	storm's sails					tree rules
2	drift away	past	storm			the north coast		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to coast=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Waves swallowed it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swallowed	nsubj
2	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swallowed	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 swallowed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow up	past	Waves	it					vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

Pirates took the ship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ship	det
4	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	Pirates	the ship					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme

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