Test 3 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the prince…
wait, so the dog nicked the girl out the dad's hands, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, dog · What happens: wait, nick out · To what, where: hands, girl
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1296 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the princess loses her children one by one, then follows her husband on the last journey» 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 nicked | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 nicked | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 nicked | nsubj |
| 6 | nicked | nick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | parataxis |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 girl | det |
| 8 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 nicked | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 nicked | compound:prt |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dad | det |
| 11 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hands | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 dad | case |
| 13 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 nicked | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 nicked | punct |
| 15 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 1 wait | discourse |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | nick out | past | the dog | the dad's hands | the girl | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent girl=Beneficiary hand=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 right answer
yeah, in a flash, before you could blink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 flash | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 flash | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 flash | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 flash | det |
| 5 | flash | flash | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 blink | punct |
| 7 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 10 blink | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 blink | nsubj |
| 9 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 blink | aux |
| 10 | blink | blink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 flash | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blink | could | you | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
yeah, it nicked her right out the dad's hands while he was looking the other way
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 nicked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 nicked | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 nicked | nsubj |
| 4 | nicked | nick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 nicked | obj |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 out | advmod |
| 7 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 nicked | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dad | det |
| 9 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hands | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 dad | case |
| 11 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 nicked | obj |
| 12 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 15 looking | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 looking | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 looking | aux |
| 15 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 nicked | advcl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 way | det |
| 17 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 way | amod |
| 18 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 looking | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nick | past | it | the dad's hands | her = she | out property | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary hand=Theme | ||
| 2 | look | past · progressive | he | the other way | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, the dog bolted off with her in its jaws through the field and never came back
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 bolted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 bolted | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dog | det |
| 4 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bolted | nsubj |
| 5 | bolted | bolt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 bolted | compound:prt |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bolted | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 jaws | case |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 jaws | nmod:poss |
| 11 | jaws | jaw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bolted | obl |
| 12 | through | through | ADP | _ | 14 field | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 field | det |
| 14 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 jaws | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 came | cc |
| 16 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 17 came | advmod |
| 17 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bolted | conj |
| 18 | back | back | ADV | _ | 17 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bolt off | participle | the dog | dog's jaws through the field | with her = she | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jaw=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | not come back | past | the dog not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
yeah, grabbed her quick, no one saw it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 grabbed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 grabbed | punct |
| 3 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 quick | nmod:poss |
| 5 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 grabbed | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 saw | punct |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 one | det |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 saw | nsubj |
| 9 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 grabbed | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 saw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | her quick | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quick=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | past | no one | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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