Test 1 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins r…
Yo, the boys was always chucking stuff at the twins, innit? So what did the twins do to escape the bullying?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boys, twins · What happens: chuck, innit, do, escape · To what, where: stuff, twins, bullying
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1188 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins run off, reach a shut hut, and overhear swallows talking about a queen and a crystal cradle» 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
Sentence 1: Yo, the boys was always chucking stuff at the twins, innit?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 7 chucking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yo | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 boys | det |
| 4 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 chucking | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 chucking | aux |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 chucking | advmod |
| 7 | chucking | chuck | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chucking | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 twins | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 twins | det |
| 11 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 stuff | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 innit | punct |
| 13 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 chucking | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 chucking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck | past · progressive | the boys | stuff | the twins | always property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme at twin=Destination | ||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | the boys not said here | 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.
Sentence 2: So what did the twins do to escape the bullying?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 did | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 twins | det |
| 5 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | parataxis |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 escape | mark |
| 8 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 do | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bullying | det |
| 10 | bullying | bullying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 escape | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | do | present | the twins | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | escape | to-infinitive | the twins not said here | the bullying | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bullying=Initial_Location |
The options
Option 1
climbed up the wall and escaped over the high roof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climbed | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 climbed | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wall | det |
| 4 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 climbed | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 escaped | cc |
| 6 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 climbed | conj |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 roof | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 roof | det |
| 9 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 roof | amod |
| 10 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 escaped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb up | past | the wall | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location wall=Theme | |||||
| 2 | escape | past | the high roof | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over roof=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
ran away from the orphanage to the far fields
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 ran | advmod |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 orphanage | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 orphanage | det |
| 5 | orphanage | orphanage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ran | obl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 fields | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fields | det |
| 8 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fields | amod |
| 9 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run away | past | the orphanage | to the far fields result; away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to field=Result |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
bailed to the river bank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bailed | bail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 bank | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bank | det |
| 4 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bank | compound |
| 5 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 bailed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bail | participle | to the river bank | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
hid in the hut nearby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 hut | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hut | det |
| 4 | hut | hut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 hid | obl |
| 5 | nearby | nearby | ADV | _ | 1 hid | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | the hut | nearby property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hut=Location |
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