Test 13 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56…
Was everyone in the town running about like headless chickens?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: town · What happens: be, run about · To what, where: everyone, town
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 everyone | cop |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 town | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 town | det |
| 5 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 everyone | nmod |
| 6 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 town | acl |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 6 running | advmod |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 chickens | case |
| 9 | headless | headless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 chickens | amod |
| 10 | chickens | chicken | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 running | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 everyone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | everyone | the town | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run about | gerund | the town not said here | like headless chickens; about property | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, the whole town was rushing about in a terrible panic and shouting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 rushing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 rushing | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 town | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 town | amod |
| 5 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rushing | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 rushing | aux |
| 7 | rushing | rush | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 panic | case |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 panic | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 panic | det |
| 11 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 panic | amod |
| 12 | panic | panic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rushing | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 shouting | cc |
| 14 | shouting | shouting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 panic | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rush | past · progressive | the whole town | about a terrible panic and shouting | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about panic=Trajectory |
Option 2
Nah, all was calm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 calm | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 calm | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 calm | cop |
| 5 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | all | calm property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah, the streets were busy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 busy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 streets | det |
| 4 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 busy | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 busy | cop |
| 6 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the streets | busy property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, everyone was in a flap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 flap | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 flap | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 flap | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 flap | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 flap | det |
| 7 | flap | flap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | everyone | a flap | tree rules |
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