Test 5 · ★ · Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic…
no cap, what was the veil even for?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cap · What happens: be · To what, where: veil
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1262 «Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic fish gives a poor cobbler two sons who go looking for adventure» 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 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 cap | det |
| 2 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 veil | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 veil | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 veil | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 veil | det |
| 7 | veil | veil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cap | appos |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 9 for | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 veil | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 cap | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | no cap | the veil | tree rules |
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
it was a sacred cloth that protected her from the dragon's fire and his breath
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cloth | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cloth | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cloth | det |
| 4 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cloth | amod |
| 5 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 protected | nsubj |
| 7 | protected | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cloth | acl:relcl |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 protected | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 fire | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dragon | det |
| 11 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fire | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 dragon | case |
| 13 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 protected | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 breath | cc |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 breath | nmod:poss |
| 16 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fire | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a sacred cloth | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | protect | past | a sacred cloth | her = she | from the dragon's fire and dragon's breath | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary from fire=Theme | |||
| 3 | fire | the dragon | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
to make the dragon think she was a bride
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dragon | det |
| 4 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 make | xcomp |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bride | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 bride | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bride | det |
| 9 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 think | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | the dragon | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | infinitive | the dragon not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | dragon | a bride | tree rules |
Option 3
to keep the sun out of her eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 keep | mark |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sun | det |
| 4 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 eyes | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 eyes | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 8 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | the sun | her eyes | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sun=Theme out eye=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
tear it off so the dragon sees the mirror
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tear | tear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 tear | obj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 tear | compound:prt |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 sees | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dragon | det |
| 6 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sees | nsubj |
| 7 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 tear | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 mirror | det |
| 9 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sees | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tear off | imperative | you not said here | it | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | present | the dragon | the mirror | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mirror=Stimulus |
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