Test 2 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10:…

Bruv, how did Effie get out of her sash, innit?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Effie · What happens: get out, innit · To what, where: sash

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 642 «Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10: the children escape the dragon and find the room of weather taps» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 get	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
5	Effie	Effie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 sash	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 sash	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sash	nmod:poss
10	sash	sash	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
12	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 get	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get out	past · do-support	Effie	Effie's sash				Bruv vocative	tree rules
2	innit	infinitive	Effie not said here						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

She cut the sash with the knife Harry gave her after the dragon had dropped her on the path

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sash	det
4	sash	sash	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 knife	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 knife	det
7	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
8	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 gave	nsubj
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	parataxis
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	iobj
11	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 dropped	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dragon	det
13	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dropped	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 dropped	aux
15	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 gave	advcl
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 dropped	obj
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 path	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 path	det
19	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	cut	past	She	the sash			with the knife	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sash=Patient with knife=Instrument
2	give	past	Harry		her = she			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	drop	past · perfect · passive		the dragon		the path		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme she=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She cut it free using a little blade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	obj
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cut	xcomp
5	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cut	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 blade	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 blade	amod
8	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	She	it				free property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product
2	use	gerund	She not said here	a little blade					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blade=Patient

Option 3

She sawed it through with Harry's knife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sawed	nsubj
2	sawed	saw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sawed	obj
4	through	through	ADP	_	8 knife	case
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 knife	case
6	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 knife	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Harry	case
8	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sawed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	saw	past	She	it		Harry's knife			vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She cut it with the knife Harry gave her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 knife	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 knife	det
6	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
7	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gave	nsubj
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	parataxis
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gave	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	She	it				with the knife	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient with knife=Instrument
2	give	past	Harry		her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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