Test 2 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas…

So the mum bird nearly dropped a massive rock on him, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum bird · What happens: drop · To what, where: massive rock

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1206 «Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas slays the dragon, the Simurgh spares him and the prince wins the king's trust» 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	_	6 dropped	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bird	det
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bird	compound
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	nsubj
5	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	6 dropped	advmod
6	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rock	det
8	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rock	amod
9	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dropped	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dropped	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	6 dropped	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	the mum bird	a massive rock				on him = he; nearly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rock=Theme on he=Destination

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, she was about to drop it but the chicks shouted and she chilled out, proper relieved

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 about	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 about	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 about	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 about	cop
5	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 drop	mark
7	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 about	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 drop	obj
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 shouted	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chicks	det
11	chicks	chick	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 shouted	nsubj
12	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 about	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 chilled	cc
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 chilled	nsubj
15	chilled	chill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 shouted	conj
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 chilled	compound:prt
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 relieved	punct
18	proper	properly	ADV	_	19 relieved	advmod
19	relieved	relieved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 about	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	she		about property	tree rules
2	drop	to-infinitive	she not said here	it		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	shout speech: express	past	the chicks			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	chill out	past	she			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	be		she not said here		properly property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, but she chilled out when the chicks spilled the whole story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 chilled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chilled	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 chilled	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 chilled	nsubj
5	chilled	chill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 chilled	compound:prt
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 spilled	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chicks	det
9	chicks	chick	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 spilled	nsubj
10	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chilled	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 story	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 story	amod
13	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spilled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chill out	past	she						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	spill	past	the chicks	the whole story					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location story=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, but she calmed down when the babies told her, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 calmed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 calmed	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 calmed	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calmed	nsubj
5	calmed	calm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 calmed	compound:prt
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 told	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 babies	det
9	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 told	nsubj
10	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 calmed	advcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 told	iobj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 innit	punct
13	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	calm down	past	she						vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	past	the babies	innit	her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

Option 4

Nah, she never even picked it up, the chicks were already fine and the prince had gone to sleep

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 picked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 picked	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 picked	advmod
5	even	even	ADV	_	6 picked	advmod
6	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 picked	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 picked	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fine	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chicks	det
11	chicks	chick	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fine	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 fine	cop
13	already	already	ADV	_	14 fine	advmod
14	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 picked	advcl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 gone	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 prince	det
17	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gone	nsubj
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 gone	aux
19	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 fine	conj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 sleep	mark
21	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 gone	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not pick up	past	she	it		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is	past	the chicks		fine property	tree rules
3	go	past · perfect	the prince			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	sleep	to-infinitive	the prince not said here			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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