Test 3 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30:…
wasn't the girl from the coracle, like, a mad sea-witch?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not be · To what, where: girl, coracle
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1062 «Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30: Conn grieves for his queen and a stranger comes out of the sea» 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 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 girl | cop |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 girl | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 coracle | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 coracle | det |
| 7 | coracle | coracle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 girl | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 like | punct |
| 9 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 4 girl | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 witch | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 witch | det |
| 12 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 witch | amod |
| 13 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 witch | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 sea | punct |
| 15 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 girl | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 girl | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | past | the girl and a mad sea witch | the coracle | 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
No, she was a mortal girl who had wandered into the wrong sea-cave
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 girl | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 girl | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 girl | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 girl | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 girl | det |
| 6 | mortal | mortal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 girl | amod |
| 7 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 wandered | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 wandered | aux |
| 10 | wandered | wander | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 girl | acl:relcl |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 16 cave | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 cave | det |
| 13 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 cave | amod |
| 14 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cave | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 sea | punct |
| 16 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wandered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | she | a mortal girl | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wander | past · perfect | a mortal girl | the wrong sea cave | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into cave=Destination |
Option 2
She said she was Delvcaem, the daughter of Morgan, sent from the sea to win Art
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 | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 Delvcaem | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 Delvcaem | cop |
| 5 | Delvcaem | Delvcaem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 daughter | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 daughter | det |
| 8 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Delvcaem | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Morgan | case |
| 10 | Morgan | Morgan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 daughter | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sent | punct |
| 12 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 said | conj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 sea | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sea | det |
| 15 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sent | obl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 win | mark |
| 17 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 sent | advcl |
| 18 | Art | Art | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | She | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | she | Delvcaem | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | send | participle | She not said here | the sea | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from sea=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | win | to-infinitive | She not said here | Art | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Eventuality |
Option 3
She claimed to be Becuma's sister from the west
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 claimed | nsubj |
| 2 | claimed | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 sister | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 sister | cop |
| 5 | Becuma | Becuma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 sister | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Becuma | case |
| 7 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 claimed | ccomp |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 west | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 west | det |
| 10 | west | west | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sister | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | past | She | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | Becuma's sister | the west | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She said she was Delvcaem, Morgan's daughter
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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 Delvcaem | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 Delvcaem | cop |
| 5 | Delvcaem | Delvcaem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 daughter | punct |
| 7 | Morgan | Morgan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Morgan | case |
| 9 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Delvcaem | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | She | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | she | Delvcaem | tree rules |
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