Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king'…

so the old king's ruined magic was just rats and rocks at the end?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ruined magic · What happens: ruin, be · To what, where: rats, end

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1168 «Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king's magic is ruined, and a bride asks for a buffalo» 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	so	so	ADV	_	10 rats	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 king	amod
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 magic	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 magic	amod
7	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rats	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 rats	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 rats	advmod
10	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 rocks	cc
12	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 rats	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 end	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 end	det
15	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rats	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 rats	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ruin	participle							vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the old king's ruined magic	rats and rocks			at the end		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 · ✓ the right answer

yup, the bag had broken stone, the table fell apart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broken	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bag	det
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broken	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 broken	aux
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 stone	amod
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fell	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fell	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 table	det
10	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fell	nsubj
11	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	apart	apart	ADV	_	11 fell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · perfect · passive		yup					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	fall apart	past	broken stone					apart property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yup, the bag had broken stone and the table fell apart when he touched it, the magic was totally gone

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broken	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bag	det
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broken	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 broken	aux
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broken	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fell	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 table	det
10	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fell	nsubj
11	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 broken	conj
12	apart	apart	ADV	_	11 fell	advmod
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 touched	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 touched	nsubj
15	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 fell	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 touched	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 gone	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 magic	det
19	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gone	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 gone	cop
21	totally	totally	ADV	_	22 gone	advmod
22	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 broken	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	break	past · perfect · passive		yup		vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient stone=Result
2	fall apart	past	the table		apart property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	touch	past	he	table		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
4	is	past	the magic		go, totally property	tree rules

Option 3

yup, the bag was empty, table gone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 empty	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bag	det
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 empty	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 empty	cop
6	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 table	punct
8	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 empty	conj
9	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 table	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	yup					empty property	tree rules
2	go	participle		table not said here					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

yup, the bag had dust, the table broke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bag	det
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 broke	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 table	det
9	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 broke	nsubj
10	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 had	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	yup	dust					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dust=Patient
2	break	past	the table						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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