Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the he…
Epic, the fox left the bear stuck for hours, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Epic fox · What happens: leave · To what, where: bear
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1242 «Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the herb saves the prince from the crocodile» 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 | Epic | epic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fox | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Epic | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fox | det |
| 4 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 left | nsubj |
| 5 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bear | det |
| 7 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 left | obj |
| 8 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 left | xcomp |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 hours | case |
| 10 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 stuck | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 left | punct |
| 12 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 left | discourse |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | the Epic fox | the bear | stuck property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=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.
The options
Option 1
Nah, the fox came back soon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 came | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fox | det |
| 4 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 came | advmod |
| 7 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | past | the fox | soon property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, the fox untied him after a few minutes because he felt sorry for the bear
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 untied | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fox | det |
| 4 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 untied | nsubj |
| 5 | untied | untie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 untied | obj |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 minutes | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 minutes | det |
| 9 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 minutes | amod |
| 10 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 untied | obl |
| 11 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 felt | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 felt | nsubj |
| 13 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 untied | advcl |
| 14 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 felt | xcomp |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 bear | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 bear | det |
| 17 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 felt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | untie | past | the fox | him = he | minute | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | |||
| 2 | feel | past | fox | for the bear; sorry property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yeah, the fox ran off quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 ran | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 ran | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fox | det |
| 4 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ran | nsubj |
| 5 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 ran | compound:prt |
| 7 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 5 ran | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | past | the fox | quickly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, the ice froze his tail really fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 froze | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 froze | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ice | det |
| 4 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 froze | nsubj |
| 5 | froze | freeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tail | nmod:poss |
| 7 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 froze | obj |
| 8 | really | really | ADV | _ | 9 fast | advmod |
| 9 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 froze | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | past | the ice | ice's tail | fast property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient tail=Result |
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