Test 1 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerglas, part 43: the st…
So the wizard got smushed flat, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: smush · To what, where: wizard
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1318 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerglas, part 43: the stones crush the sorcerer, and Peronnik hears of the magic basin» 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 smushed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wizard | det |
| 3 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 smushed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 smushed | aux:pass |
| 5 | smushed | smush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | flat | flat | ADV | _ | 5 smushed | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 smushed | punct |
| 8 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 5 smushed | discourse |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 smushed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smush | past · passive | the wizard | flat property | 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
Yeah, the rock crushed him, then he flew off as a raven and vanished totally
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 crushed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rock | det |
| 4 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 crushed | nsubj |
| 5 | crushed | crush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 crushed | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 flew | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 flew | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 flew | nsubj |
| 10 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 crushed | conj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 flew | compound:prt |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 raven | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 raven | det |
| 14 | raven | raven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 flew | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 vanished | cc |
| 16 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 crushed | conj |
| 17 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 16 vanished | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crush | past | the rock | him = he | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 2 | fly off | past | rock | then | as a raven | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | vanish | past | the rock not said here | totally property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he was like pancake dust, totally
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 dust | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 dust | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 dust | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 dust | cop |
| 5 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dust | amod |
| 6 | pancake | pancake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dust | compound |
| 7 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 dust | punct |
| 9 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 7 dust | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | like pancake dust | totally property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nope, the sorcerer escaped through a hole in the floor and the stone cracked the well
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 escaped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sorcerer | det |
| 4 | sorcerer | sorcerer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 escaped | nsubj |
| 5 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 hole | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hole | det |
| 8 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 escaped | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 floor | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 floor | det |
| 11 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hole | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 cracked | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 stone | det |
| 14 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cracked | nsubj |
| 15 | cracked | crack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 escaped | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 well | det |
| 17 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cracked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | past | the sorcerer | a hole in the floor | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through hole=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | crack | past | the stone | the well | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location well=Theme |
Option 4
Nope, he's still alive up in his tower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 6 alive | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 alive | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 alive | cop |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 alive | advmod |
| 6 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 alive | compound:prt |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 tower | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 tower | nmod:poss |
| 10 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 alive | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | his tower | still | alive 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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