Test 10 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea…
lol the arrows just bounced off right
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: arrows · What happens: bounce off
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1269 «Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bear secretly feeds the hungry badgers, and a magic avenger frightens the bears away» 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 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 arrows | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 arrows | det |
| 3 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bounced | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 bounced | advmod |
| 5 | bounced | bounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADV | _ | 5 bounced | advmod |
| 7 | right | right | ADV | _ | 5 bounced | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bounce off | past | the arrows | off, right property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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
the eagle's feathers were all burned by the magic arrows that flew past the camp
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 eagle | det |
| 2 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feathers | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 eagle | case |
| 4 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 burned | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 burned | aux:pass |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 burned | advmod |
| 7 | burned | burn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 arrows | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 arrows | det |
| 10 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 arrows | compound |
| 11 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 burned | obl |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 flew | nsubj |
| 13 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 arrows | acl:relcl |
| 14 | past | past | ADP | _ | 16 camp | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 camp | det |
| 16 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 flew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | past · passive | the magic arrows | the eagle's feathers | all property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | fly | past | the magic arrows | the camp | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past camp=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
the eagles feathers were untouched by the arrows that the warriors shot at it all morning
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 eagles | det |
| 2 | eagles | eagle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 feathers | compound |
| 3 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 untouched | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 untouched | cop |
| 5 | untouched | untouched | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 arrows | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 arrows | det |
| 8 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 untouched | obl |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 shot | obj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 warriors | det |
| 11 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 shot | nsubj |
| 12 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 arrows | acl:relcl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 it | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 shot | obl |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 morning | det |
| 16 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 shot | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | eagles feathers | by the arrows; untouched property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shoot | past | the warriors | the arrows | it | morning | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent that=Theme at it=Destination |
Option 3
the eagle's feathers were bent by the arrows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 eagle | det |
| 2 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feathers | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 eagle | case |
| 4 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 bent | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 bent | aux:pass |
| 6 | bent | bend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 arrows | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 arrows | det |
| 9 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 bent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bend | past · passive | the arrows | the eagle's feathers | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent subject=Material |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
the eagles feathers were untouched by the arrows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 eagles | det |
| 2 | eagles | eagle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 feathers | compound |
| 3 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 untouched | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 untouched | cop |
| 5 | untouched | untouched | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 arrows | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 arrows | det |
| 8 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 untouched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | eagles feathers | by the arrows; untouched property | tree rules |
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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