Test 4 · ★ · Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto…
was Lyma's whispering leaves thing actually real or nah
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be, leave · To what, where: whispering, thing
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1193 «Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto kills Stalo and the Sodnos rescue Lyma» 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 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 whispering | cop |
| 2 | Lyma | Lyma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 whispering | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Lyma | case |
| 4 | whispering | whispering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leaves | csubj |
| 5 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leaves | obj |
| 7 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 8 real | advmod |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 thing | amod |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 leaves | cc |
| 10 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 leaves | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Lyma's whispering | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | leave | present | thing | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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.
The options
Option 1
No, a bird spoke to her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 spoke | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bird | det |
| 4 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spoke | nsubj |
| 5 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spoke | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | a bird | her = she | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |
Option 2
Yes, the leaves rustled a warning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 rustled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 leaves | det |
| 4 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rustled | nsubj |
| 5 | rustled | rustle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 warning | det |
| 7 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rustled | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rustle | past | the leaves | a warning | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location warning=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, the leaves whispered her name and gave her a plan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 whispered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 leaves | det |
| 4 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 whispered | nsubj |
| 5 | whispered | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 name | nmod:poss |
| 7 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whispered | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 gave | cc |
| 9 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 whispered | conj |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gave | iobj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 plan | det |
| 12 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: assert | past | the leaves | her name | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | ||||
| 2 | give | past | the leaves not said here | a plan | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient plan=Theme | |||
| 3 | name | her = she | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Yes, the leaves whispered her name, then told her what to do with the buckets and the reindeer
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 whispered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 leaves | det |
| 4 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 whispered | nsubj |
| 5 | whispered | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 name | nmod:poss |
| 7 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whispered | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 told | punct |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 told | advmod |
| 10 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 whispered | conj |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 told | iobj |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 do | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 do | mark |
| 14 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 told | xcomp |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 buckets | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 buckets | det |
| 17 | buckets | bucket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 do | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 reindeer | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 reindeer | det |
| 20 | reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whispered | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: assert | past | the leaves | her name | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | the leaves not said here | her = she | then | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 3 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | the leaves not said here | with the buckets | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | name | her = she | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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