Test 5 · ★ · Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell da…
What's the hermit's gig, then?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gig · What happens: be
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1524 «Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell danger for Rosette» 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 | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hermit | det |
| 4 | hermit | hermit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gig | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 hermit | case |
| 6 | gig | gig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 What | advmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the hermit's gig | then | 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
He's the King's old advisor who got kicked out, weird as anything
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 advisor | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 advisor | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 advisor | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 King | case |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 advisor | amod |
| 7 | advisor | advisor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 kicked | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 kicked | aux:pass |
| 10 | kicked | kick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 advisor | acl:relcl |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 kicked | compound:prt |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 weird | punct |
| 13 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 advisor | amod |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 anything | case |
| 15 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 weird | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | the King's old advisor | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | kick out | past · passive | the King's old advisor | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
He lives in a cave, proper weird
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lives | nsubj |
| 2 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 cave | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cave | det |
| 5 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lives | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 lives | punct |
| 7 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 weird | amod |
| 8 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lives | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | He | a cave | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He lives in a hollow tree, proper weird
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lives | nsubj |
| 2 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 tree | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tree | det |
| 5 | hollow | hollow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tree | amod |
| 6 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lives | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 lives | punct |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 weird | amod |
| 9 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lives | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | He | a hollow tree | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |
Option 4
He's a monk in a hut, weird
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 monk | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 monk | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 monk | det |
| 4 | monk | monk | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 hut | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hut | det |
| 7 | hut | hut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 monk | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 weird | punct |
| 9 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 monk | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a monk | a hut | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | He not said here | tree rules |
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