Test 3 · ★ · The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part…

Wait, the boy was tall already, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, boy · What happens: wait, be

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1135 «The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part 1: a strong boy beats crocodiles and a giant» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tall	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tall	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tall	cop
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wait	advcl
7	already	already	ADV	_	6 tall	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tall	punct
9	right	right	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the boy					tall property	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

Nope, he grew up slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 grew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grew	nsubj
4	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 grew	compound:prt
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 grew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow up	past	he					slowly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yep, he was tall and strong from birth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 tall	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tall	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tall	cop
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 strong	cc
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tall	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 birth	case
9	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			birth		tall property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here						tree rules

Option 3

Yep, he was tall and strong from birth and everyone already knew it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 tall	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tall	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tall	cop
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 strong	cc
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tall	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 birth	case
9	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tall	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 knew	cc
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 knew	nsubj
12	already	already	ADV	_	13 knew	advmod
13	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tall	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 knew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		birth	tall property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here				tree rules
3	know	past	everyone	birth			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4

Nope, he was a small kid but grew super tall after the pool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	9 grew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 kid	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kid	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 kid	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kid	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kid	amod
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nope	vocative
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 grew	cc
9	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	super	super	ADV	_	11 tall	advmod
11	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 grew	xcomp
12	after	after	ADP	_	14 pool	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pool	det
14	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a small kid					tree rules
2	grow	past					after the pool	tall property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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