Test 11 · ★ · Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest…
did he stay to check or run for it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: stay, check, run
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | aux |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stay | nsubj |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 check | mark |
| 5 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 stay | xcomp |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 run | cc |
| 7 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 check | conj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 run | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 stay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past · do-support | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | check | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | run | infinitive | he not said here | for it | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary |
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 · ✓ the right answer
he bolted home as fast as he could
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bolted | nsubj |
| 2 | bolted | bolt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 bolted | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 fast | advmod |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 bolted | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 could | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 could | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 fast | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bolt | past | he | fast, home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
he waited and watched her carefully
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 waited | nsubj |
| 2 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 watched | cc |
| 4 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 waited | conj |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 watched | obj |
| 6 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 4 watched | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | watch | past | he not said here | her = she | carefully property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 3
he didn't really run, he walked slowly backward while keeping his eyes fixed on the ferns the whole time
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 run | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 run | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 run | advmod |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 run | advmod |
| 5 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 walked | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 walked | nsubj |
| 8 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 run | parataxis |
| 9 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 8 walked | advmod |
| 10 | backward | backward | ADV | _ | 5 run | advmod |
| 11 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 keeping | mark |
| 12 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 run | advcl |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 14 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 keeping | obj |
| 15 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 keeping | xcomp |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 ferns | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 ferns | det |
| 18 | ferns | fern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 fixed | obl |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 time | det |
| 20 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 time | amod |
| 21 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 keeping | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not run | past · do-support | he | backward property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | walk | past | he | slowly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | keep | gerund | he not said here | his eyes | time | tree rules | |||
| 4 | fix | participle | his eyes not said here | the ferns | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
he bolted home as fast as he could run, not stopping once, even when he tripped over the roots
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bolted | nsubj |
| 2 | bolted | bolt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 bolted | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 fast | advmod |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 bolted | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 run | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 run | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 run | aux |
| 9 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 fast | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 stopping | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 stopping | advmod |
| 12 | stopping | stop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 run | advcl |
| 13 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 12 stopping | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 tripped | punct |
| 15 | even | even | ADV | _ | 18 tripped | advmod |
| 16 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 tripped | advmod |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 tripped | nsubj |
| 18 | tripped | trip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 bolted | conj |
| 19 | over | over | ADP | _ | 21 roots | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 roots | det |
| 21 | roots | root | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 tripped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bolt | past | he | fast, home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | run | could | he | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not stop | gerund | he not said here | once property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | trip | past | he | the roots | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over root=Trajectory |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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