Test 1 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman…
yo, so the old lady gets totally spooked by those demons, right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: demons · What happens: spook · To what, where: old lady
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1345 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman is frightened and punished, and Urashima frees a tortoise and is invited under the sea» 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 | yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 9 spooked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yo | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 spooked | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lady | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lady | amod |
| 6 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 spooked | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 spooked | aux:pass |
| 8 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 9 spooked | advmod |
| 9 | spooked | spook | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 demons | case |
| 11 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 12 demons | det |
| 12 | demons | demon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 spooked | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 spooked | punct |
| 14 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 9 spooked | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 spooked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spook | present · passive | that demons | the old lady | totally property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
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
she legs it off quick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 legs | nsubj |
| 2 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 off | nsubj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 legs | compound:prt |
| 5 | quick | quick | ADV | _ | 2 legs | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
she runs home bare fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 runs | nsubj |
| 2 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 runs | advmod |
| 4 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 runs | xcomp |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 runs | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | she | bare, fast, home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
she gets spooked and bolts off down the lane to home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | spooked | spook | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 gets | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 bolts | cc |
| 5 | bolts | bolt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 gets | conj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 bolts | compound:prt |
| 7 | down | down | ADP | _ | 9 lane | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lane | det |
| 9 | lane | lane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bolts | obl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 home | case |
| 11 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bolts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | she | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | spook | participle | she not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | bolt off | present | she not said here | the lane | to home | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme down lane=Initial_Location to home=Destination |
Option 4
she runs home as fast as she can, dropping everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 runs | nsubj |
| 2 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 runs | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 fast | advmod |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 runs | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 can | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 can | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 fast | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 dropping | punct |
| 10 | dropping | drop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 runs | advcl |
| 11 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 dropping | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | she | fast, home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | drop | gerund | she not said here | everything | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |
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