Test 4 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Hairy Man, part 4: a swineherd's dogs…
Innit wicked that the thieves got swept off?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: sweep off · To what, where: thieves
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 664 «Blue Fairy Book, The Hairy Man, part 4: a swineherd's dogs catch a hairy thief, and a prince gets three magic apples» 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 | Innit | Innit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wicked | compound |
| 2 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 swept | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thieves | det |
| 5 | thieves | thief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 swept | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 swept | aux:pass |
| 7 | swept | sweep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 wicked | advcl |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 swept | compound:prt |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 wicked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweep off | past · passive | the thieves | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |
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
They got a medal from the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 medal | det |
| 4 | medal | medal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 king | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | They | a medal | from the king | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent medal=Theme from king=Source |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, the stream swept them all away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 swept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 swept | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stream | det |
| 4 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 swept | nsubj |
| 5 | swept | sweep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 swept | obj |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 swept | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweep away | past | the stream | them = they | away property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory |
Option 3
They got a free horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 horse | det |
| 4 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 horse | amod |
| 5 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | They | a free horse | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus |
Option 4
They rode home safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rode | nsubj |
| 2 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 rode | advmod |
| 4 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 rode | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | They | home, safe property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
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