Test 10 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog beco…
What did he chuck at her before he went off on his trip?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, his · What happens: chuck, go off, trip · To what, where: trip
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1480 «The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog becomes a dove, and Blue Beard leaves his wife the keys» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 chuck | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chuck | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chuck | nsubj |
| 4 | chuck | chuck | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 her | case |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chuck | obl |
| 7 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 9 went | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 went | nsubj |
| 9 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chuck | advcl |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 went | compound:prt |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 trip | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 trip | nmod:poss |
| 13 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 went | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 chuck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck | past · do-support | he | at her = she | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent what=Theme at she=Destination | ||||
| 2 | go off | past | he | his trip | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on trip=Location | ||||
| 3 | trip | his = he | nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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 new coach with a gilded roof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 coach | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 coach | amod |
| 3 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 roof | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 roof | det |
| 6 | gilded | gild | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 roof | amod |
| 7 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 coach | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gild | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
A map of the desert and a sword
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 map | det |
| 2 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 desert | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 desert | det |
| 5 | desert | desert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 map | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sword | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sword | det |
| 8 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 map | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
A bag of gold coins and a pet hen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bag | det |
| 2 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 coins | case |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 coins | compound |
| 5 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bag | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 hen | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 hen | det |
| 8 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hen | compound |
| 9 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 coins | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A load of keys, and a warning about the little closet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 load | det |
| 2 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 keys | case |
| 4 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 load | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 warning | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 warning | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 warning | det |
| 8 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 load | conj |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 closet | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 closet | det |
| 11 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 closet | amod |
| 12 | closet | closet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 warning | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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