Test 2 · ★ · Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished…
Wait, so the Bad One just drowned? Like, for real?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, drown · To what, where: Bad One
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1211 «Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished His Task, part 12: Lung-Woman is scalded and the Bad One drowns» 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: Wait, so the Bad One just drowned?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 drowned | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 drowned | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 One | det |
| 5 | Bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 One | amod |
| 6 | One | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drowned | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 drowned | advmod |
| 8 | drowned | drown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | drown | participle · passive | the Bad One | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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: Like, for real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | INTJ | _ | 4 real | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Like | punct |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 real | case |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yeah, the rope broke and he fell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 broke | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 broke | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rope | det |
| 4 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broke | nsubj |
| 5 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 fell | cc |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fell | nsubj |
| 8 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 broke | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | the rope | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | fall | past | rope | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, the bridge got tiny and he sank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bridge | det |
| 4 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 got | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sank | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sank | nsubj |
| 9 | sank | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the bridge | tiny property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | sink | past | bridge | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he flew away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 flew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flew | nsubj |
| 4 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 flew | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly away | past | he | away property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, he sank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sank | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sank | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sank | nsubj |
| 4 | sank | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sink | past | he | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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