Test 7 · ★ · Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the…
Okay, what else did the fairies chuck at him, like, apart from the cap and sword?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fairies · What happens: do, chuck
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1457 «Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the Cap, Sword and Shoes on his quest» 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 | Okay | okay | INTJ | _ | 3 what | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Okay | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 did | obj |
| 4 | else | else | ADV | _ | 3 what | advmod |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fairies | det |
| 7 | fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 chuck | nsubj |
| 8 | chuck | chuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 did | ccomp |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 chuck | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 cap | punct |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 apart | case |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 like | punct |
| 14 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 17 cap | advmod |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 cap | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 cap | det |
| 17 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chuck | parataxis |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 sword | cc |
| 19 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 cap | conj |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | chuck | present | the fairies | at him = he | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at he=Destination |
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
A wallet full of bread and a golden shield with a dragon painted right on the front, sick
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wallet | det |
| 2 | wallet | wallet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 wallet | amod |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 bread | case |
| 5 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 full | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 shield | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 shield | det |
| 8 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 shield | amod |
| 9 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wallet | conj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 dragon | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 dragon | det |
| 12 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shield | nmod |
| 13 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 dragon | acl |
| 14 | right | right | ADV | _ | 17 front | advmod |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 front | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 front | det |
| 17 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 painted | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 sick | punct |
| 19 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 wallet | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | participle | a dragon not said here | the front | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on front=Destination |
Option 2
A horse and a bridle, cool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 horse | det |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cool | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 bridle | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bridle | det |
| 5 | bridle | bridle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 horse | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 horse | punct |
| 7 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A wallet and a shield, sick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wallet | det |
| 2 | wallet | wallet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 shield | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 shield | det |
| 5 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wallet | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sick | punct |
| 7 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 wallet | amod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
They gave him the shoes, the wallet, a shield and a silver flask, and they were well generous
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | iobj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shoes | det |
| 5 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gave | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 wallet | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wallet | det |
| 8 | wallet | wallet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 shield | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 shield | det |
| 11 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wallet | appos |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 flask | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 flask | det |
| 14 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 flask | amod |
| 15 | flask | flask | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 shield | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 generous | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 generous | cc |
| 18 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 generous | nsubj |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 generous | cop |
| 20 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 21 generous | advmod |
| 21 | generous | generous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 gave | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | They | the shoes | him = he | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | past | shoes = shoe | generous, well property | tree rules |
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