Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mot…
Bruv, why did the mum sparrow get stuck, innit?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum sparrow · What happens: do, get, innit
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 910 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mother is pecked to death, and her children burn their own nest» 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 | 4 did | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 did | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sparrow | det |
| 6 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sparrow | compound |
| 7 | sparrow | sparrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 get | nsubj |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | ccomp |
| 9 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 get | xcomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 innit | punct |
| 11 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 get | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Bruv vocative | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | present | the mum sparrow | stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | innit | infinitive | 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 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, she got trapped in a snare in the hedge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 trapped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 trapped | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 trapped | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 trapped | aux:pass |
| 5 | trapped | trap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 snare | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 snare | det |
| 8 | snare | snare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trapped | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 hedge | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hedge | det |
| 11 | hedge | hedge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 snare | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trap | past · passive | she | a snare in the hedge | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in snare=Destination |
Option 2
She got caught in a horse-hair net on a tree while looking for food, innit
The tree, 16 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 | 3 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 caught | aux:pass |
| 3 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 net | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 net | det |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hair | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 horse | punct |
| 8 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 net | compound |
| 9 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 caught | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 tree | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 tree | det |
| 12 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 net | nmod |
| 13 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 14 looking | mark |
| 14 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 caught | advcl |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 food | case |
| 16 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 looking | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 innit | punct |
| 18 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 food | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past · passive | She | a hair net on a tree | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | gerund | for food and innit | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for food=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
She got caught in a horse-hair net on a tree
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 | 3 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 caught | aux:pass |
| 3 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 net | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 net | det |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hair | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 horse | punct |
| 8 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 net | compound |
| 9 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 caught | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 tree | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 tree | det |
| 12 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past · passive | She | a hair net | on a tree | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
She got caught in a horse-hair net on a tree near the Hall, proper stuck, innit mate
The tree, 18 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 | 3 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 caught | aux:pass |
| 3 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 net | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 net | det |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hair | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 horse | punct |
| 8 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 net | compound |
| 9 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 caught | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 tree | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 tree | det |
| 12 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 net | nmod |
| 13 | near | near | ADP | _ | 15 Hall | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Hall | det |
| 15 | Hall | Hall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 tree | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 stuck | punct |
| 17 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 18 stuck | advmod |
| 18 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 mate | amod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 stuck | punct |
| 20 | innit | innit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 mate | amod |
| 21 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 caught | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past · passive | stuck innit mate | She | a hair net on a tree near the Hall | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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