Test 1 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is sw…
Yo, so Kabo tried copying Pivi, right? What totally backfired on him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kabo · What happens: try, copy, backfire · To what, where: Pivi
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1231 «Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is swallowed by a shell-fish, and is punished» 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: Yo, so Kabo tried copying Pivi, right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 5 tried | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yo | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 tried | advmod |
| 4 | Kabo | Kabo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 tried | nsubj |
| 5 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | copying | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 tried | xcomp |
| 7 | Pivi | Pivi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 copying | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Pivi | punct |
| 9 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 6 copying | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 tried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | Kabo | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | copy not said to happen | gerund | Kabo not said here | Pivi | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pivi=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.
Sentence 2: What totally backfired on him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 backfired | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 3 backfired | advmod |
| 3 | backfired | backfire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 backfired | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 backfired | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | backfire | participle · passive | on Kabo; totally property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He got a twisted leg, a hump, and no nuts at all
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 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 leg | det |
| 4 | twisted | twisted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 leg | amod |
| 5 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 hump | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hump | det |
| 8 | hump | hump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leg | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 nuts | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 nuts | cc |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 nuts | det |
| 12 | nuts | nut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 got | obl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 all | case |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 nuts | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | He | a twisted leg | no nuts at all obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Stimulus |
Option 2
He broke a spear and a tooth
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 broke | nsubj |
| 2 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 spear | det |
| 4 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 broke | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tooth | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tooth | det |
| 7 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spear | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | He | a spear and a tooth | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spear=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He got a twisted leg and a hump
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 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 leg | det |
| 4 | twisted | twisted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 leg | amod |
| 5 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 hump | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hump | det |
| 8 | hump | hump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leg | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | He | a twisted leg and a hump | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Stimulus |
Option 4
He got a twisted leg and a hump from the tree
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 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 leg | det |
| 4 | twisted | twisted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 leg | amod |
| 5 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 hump | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hump | det |
| 8 | hump | hump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leg | conj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 tree | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tree | det |
| 11 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | He | a twisted leg and a hump | the tree | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent leg=Theme from tree=Source |
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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