Test 12 · ★ · pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Connor's magic pipes s…
Were the cod and turbot dancing too, ya?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cod · What happens: dance · To what, where: ya
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1304 «pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Connor's magic pipes set fish, feet and folk dancing» 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 | Were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dancing | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cod | det |
| 3 | cod | cod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dancing | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 turbot | cc |
| 5 | turbot | turbot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cod | conj |
| 6 | dancing | dance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 dancing | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 dancing | punct |
| 9 | ya | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 dancing | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 dancing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | past · progressive | the cod and turbot | ya | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location you=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 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, they caper'd gaily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 caper | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 caper | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 caper | nsubj |
| 4 | caper | caper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 4 caper | punct |
| 6 | gaily | gaily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 caper | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | caper | present | they | gaily property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, every fish in the sea came up and capered gaily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 came | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 fish | det |
| 4 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fish | nmod |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | up | up | ADV | _ | 8 came | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 capered | cc |
| 11 | capered | caper | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 came | conj |
| 12 | gaily | gaily | ADV | _ | 11 capered | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come up | past | every fish in the sea | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | caper | participle | every fish in the sea not said here | gaily property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, they hopped about
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 hopped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hopped | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hopped | nsubj |
| 4 | hopped | hop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 hopped | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hop about | past | they | about property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
No, they just swam slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 swam | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 swam | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 swam | advmod |
| 5 | swam | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 5 swam | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | past | they | slowly property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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