Test 3 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins r…
Bare brave, the twins ran off. What time did they leave the house, bruv?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brave twins, time · What happens: run off, leave · To what, where: house
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Bare brave, the twins ran off.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 brave | amod |
| 2 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 twins | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 brave | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 twins | det |
| 5 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ran | nsubj |
| 6 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 ran | compound:prt |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | past | the brave twins | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: What time did they leave the house, bruv?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 time | det |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leave | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 leave | aux |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 leave | nsubj |
| 5 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 house | det |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leave | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bruv | punct |
| 9 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 house | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 leave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past · do-support | what time | the house and bruv | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
long before the cook got up to light the stove
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 got | advmod |
| 2 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 5 got | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cook | det |
| 4 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 got | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 light | mark |
| 8 | light | light | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 got | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 stove | det |
| 10 | stove | stove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 light | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get up | past | the cook | long property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | light | to-infinitive | the cook not said here | the stove | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stove=Product |
Option 2
as soon as the whole household had gone to sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | as | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 gone | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 household | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 household | amod |
| 6 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gone | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 gone | aux |
| 8 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 soon | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 sleep | mark |
| 10 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 gone | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · perfect | the whole household | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sleep | to-infinitive | the whole household not said here | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
before the birds woke up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 4 woke | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 birds | det |
| 3 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 woke | nsubj |
| 4 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 woke | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake up | past | the birds | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
before the sun came up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 4 came | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sun | det |
| 3 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come up | past | the sun | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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