Test 7 · ★ · Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks…
So the fox just swapped eyes with a snake and ran off? Proper weird, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fox · What happens: swap, run off · To what, where: eyes
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1244 «Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks the Lapp, the fish and the asp» 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: So the fox just swapped eyes with a snake and ran off?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 swapped | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fox | det |
| 3 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 swapped | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 swapped | advmod |
| 5 | swapped | swap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 swapped | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 snake | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 snake | det |
| 9 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 swapped | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 ran | cc |
| 11 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 swapped | conj |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 ran | compound:prt |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 swapped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap | past | the fox | eyes | with a snake | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent eye=Theme with snake=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | run off | past | the fox not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Proper weird, yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 weird | amod |
| 2 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 weird | punct |
| 4 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 2 weird | discourse |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 weird | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, he got burnt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 burnt | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 burnt | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 burnt | aux:pass |
| 5 | burnt | burnt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burnt | past · passive | he | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, he ran away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 ran | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ran | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 ran | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run away | past | he | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he swapped with a snake and the snake got stung
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 swapped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 swapped | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 swapped | nsubj |
| 4 | swapped | swap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 snake | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 snake | det |
| 7 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swapped | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 stung | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 snake | det |
| 10 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stung | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 stung | aux:pass |
| 12 | stung | sting | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 swapped | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap | past | he | with a snake | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with snake=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | sting | past · passive | the snake | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he gave the asp his eyes and the asp got burnt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 asp | det |
| 6 | asp | asp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 burnt | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 8 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 asp | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 asp | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 asp | det |
| 11 | asp | asp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 eyes | conj |
| 12 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 burnt | aux:pass |
| 13 | burnt | burnt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 gave | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | burnt | past · passive | the asp and his eyes and the asp | tree rules |
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