Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mother, part 82: Little…

Dude, did Little Claus really get chucked off a bridge in a sack?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: chuck off · To what, where: Little, sack

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 871 «Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mother, part 82: Little Claus tricks Great Claus into the river, and an old man begins a story from the teapot» 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chucked	parataxis
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dude	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 chucked	aux
4	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 chucked	nsubj:pass
5	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Little	flat
6	really	really	ADV	_	8 chucked	advmod
7	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 chucked	aux:pass
8	chucked	chuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 chucked	compound:prt
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bridge	det
11	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chucked	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sack	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sack	det
14	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chucked	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 chucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck off	past · passive · do-support		Little		a sack			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination bridge=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 right answer

Yeah, tied up tight and everything, mental

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 tied	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 tied	punct
3	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 tied	compound:prt
5	tight	tight	ADV	_	3 tied	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 everything	cc
7	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 tied	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mental	punct
9	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tied	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie up	participle						tight property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Nah, he got dunked in the pond by a dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 dunked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dunked	nsubj
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dunked	aux:pass
5	dunked	dunk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 pond	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pond	det
8	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dunked	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 dog	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dog	det
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dunked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dunk	past · passive	a dog	he		the pond			vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in pond=Trajectory

Option 3

Nah, he got chucked in a barrel, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 chucked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 chucked	nsubj
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chucked	aux:pass
5	chucked	chuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 barrel	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 barrel	det
8	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chucked	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 barrel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past · passive		he		a barrel and innit			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in barrel=Destination

Option 4

Nah, he jumped off the bridge himself, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 jumped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 jumped	nsubj
4	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 bridge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bridge	det
7	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jumped	obl
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 jumped	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 jumped	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 jumped	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump off	past	he	the bridge				himself = he obl	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bridge=Trajectory

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