Test 1 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32…

Yo, did Conn really smell apples before he even saw the island, or is that just a story?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Conn · What happens: do, smell, see, be · To what, where: Conn, apples, island, story

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1064 «Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32: Conn lands on a magic island, asks for the queen's son, and the boy is condemned to die» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 smell	advcl
4	Conn	Conn	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 smell	advmod
6	smell	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 smell	obj
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 saw	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 saw	nsubj
10	even	even	ADV	_	11 saw	advmod
11	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 smell	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 island	det
13	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 saw	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 story	punct
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 story	cc
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 story	cop
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 story	mark
18	just	just	ADV	_	20 story	advmod
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 story	det
20	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 saw	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 smell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past		Conn	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conn=Eventuality
2	smell	present		apples	vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer apple=Stimulus
3	see	past	Conn	the island	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer island=Stimulus
4	is a	present	Conn not said here	a story	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, he saw the island first, it's just a tale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 island	det
6	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 saw	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tale	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 tale	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 tale	cop
11	just	just	ADV	_	13 tale	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 tale	det
13	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	the island				first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer island=Stimulus
2	is a	present	island	a tale					tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, he smelled them first, and honestly it's proper weird when you think about it, bruv

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 smelled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 smelled	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 smelled	nsubj
4	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 smelled	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 smelled	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 weird	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 weird	cc
9	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	13 weird	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 weird	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 weird	cop
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 weird	amod
13	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 smelled	conj
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 think	advmod
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 think	nsubj
16	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 weird	advcl
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 think	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 bruv	punct
20	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smelled	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	smell	past	he	them = they	first property	vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	is	present	it		honestly, weird property	tree rules
3	think speech: other	present	you		about it	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 3

Yeah he smelled them first, before he saw any land at all, so it's proper weird and that's the truth

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 smelled	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 smelled	nsubj
3	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 smelled	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 smelled	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 saw	punct
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 saw	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saw	nsubj
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 smelled	parataxis
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 land	det
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 saw	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 weird	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	19 weird	advmod
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 weird	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 weird	cop
18	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 weird	amod
19	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smelled	parataxis
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 truth	cc
21	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 truth	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 truth	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 truth	det
24	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 weird	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	smell	past	he	them = they		first property	vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	see	past	he	any land	all		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus
3	is	present	land			weird property	tree rules
4	is a	present	that	the truth			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he smelled them first, it's proper weird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 smelled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 smelled	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 smelled	nsubj
4	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 smelled	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 smelled	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 weird	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 weird	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 weird	cop
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 weird	amod
11	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 smelled	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	past	he	them = they				first property	vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	is	present	it					weird property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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