Test 5 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas…
Why did he stay sleeping under the tree, though?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: stay, sleep · To what, where: tree
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 stay | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stay | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stay | nsubj |
| 4 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 stay | xcomp |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 tree | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tree | det |
| 8 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sleeping | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 though | punct |
| 10 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 4 stay | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 stay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past · do-support | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | sleep | gerund | he not said here | the tree | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
Coz he had been fighting the dragon all day and was proper knackered, innit
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coz | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 fighting | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fighting | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fighting | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 fighting | aux |
| 5 | fighting | fight | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dragon | det |
| 7 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fighting | obj |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fighting | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 knackered | cc |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 knackered | aux:pass |
| 12 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 13 knackered | advmod |
| 13 | knackered | knacker | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 fighting | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fighting | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | INTJ | _ | 5 fighting | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past · perfect · progressive | he | the dragon | day | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | knacker | past · passive | he not said here | properly property | tree rules |
Option 2
Coz he was hungry from the dragon, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coz | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 hungry | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hungry | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hungry | cop |
| 4 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 innit | advcl |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 dragon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dragon | det |
| 7 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hungry | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hungry | punct |
| 9 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | from the dragon; hungry property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Coz he was knackered from the fight, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coz | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 knackered | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 knackered | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 knackered | aux:pass |
| 4 | knackered | knacker | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 fight | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fight | det |
| 7 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knackered | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 innit | punct |
| 9 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fight | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knacker | past · passive | he | the fight and innit | tree rules |
Option 4
Coz the bird had covered him with her wings and he felt safe enough to nap, mate
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coz | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 covered | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bird | det |
| 3 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 covered | aux |
| 5 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 mate | advcl |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 covered | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 wings | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 wings | nmod:poss |
| 9 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 covered | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 felt | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 felt | nsubj |
| 12 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 covered | conj |
| 13 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 felt | xcomp |
| 14 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 13 safe | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 nap | mark |
| 16 | nap | nap | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 safe | advcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 covered | punct |
| 18 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | past · perfect · passive | the bird | with bird's wings | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | feel | past | he | safe property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | nap | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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