Test 5 · ★ · Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired,…
bro the water in the pail, was that a glitch
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: glitch
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1183 «Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired, part 49: Ardan herds the old man's cows and is turned to stone» 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 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 glitch | vocative |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 water | det |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 bro | conj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 pail | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pail | det |
| 6 | pail | pail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 water | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 bro | punct |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 glitch | cop |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 glitch | mark |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 glitch | det |
| 11 | glitch | glitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | a glitch | bro and the water in the pail vocative | 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 the magic failed, the pail filled with water not milk, and the old man got really angry about it
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 failed | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 magic | det |
| 3 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 failed | nsubj |
| 4 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pail | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pail | det |
| 7 | pail | pail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 failed | obj |
| 8 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 pail | acl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 filled | obl |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 milk | advmod |
| 12 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 filled | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 got | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 got | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 man | det |
| 16 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 man | amod |
| 17 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 got | nsubj |
| 18 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 failed | conj |
| 19 | really | really | ADV | _ | 20 angry | advmod |
| 20 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 got | xcomp |
| 21 | about | about | ADP | _ | 22 it | case |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 angry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | past | the magic | the pail | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pail=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | fill | participle | the pail not said here | milk | with water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument | |||
| 3 | get | past | the old man | angry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
nah the cows were just thirsty and drank the milk away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 thirsty | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cows | det |
| 3 | cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 thirsty | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 thirsty | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 thirsty | advmod |
| 6 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 drank | cc |
| 8 | drank | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 thirsty | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 milk | det |
| 10 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drank | obj |
| 11 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 drank | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the cows | thirsty property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drink away | past | the cows not said here | the milk | away property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yeah the magic failed, the pail filled with water not milk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 failed | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 magic | det |
| 3 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 failed | nsubj |
| 4 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pail | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pail | det |
| 7 | pail | pail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 failed | obj |
| 8 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 pail | acl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 filled | obl |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 milk | advmod |
| 12 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 filled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | past | the magic | the pail | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pail=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | fill | participle | the pail not said here | milk | with water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument |
Option 4
yeah the magic broke and water came out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 broke | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 magic | det |
| 3 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broke | nsubj |
| 4 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 came | cc |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 broke | conj |
| 8 | out | out | ADV | _ | 7 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | the magic | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | come out | past | water | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
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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