Test 5 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess str…

Lol, the flints on those peaks would be sooo rough to walk on, wouldn't they?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: flints · What happens: be, walk on

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	11 rough	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lol	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flints	det
4	flints	flint	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 rough	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 peaks	case
6	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 peaks	det
7	peaks	peak	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flints	nmod
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 rough	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 rough	cop
10	sooo	so	ADV	_	11 rough	advmod
11	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	to	to	PART	_	13 walk	mark
13	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 rough	advcl
14	on	on	ADV	_	13 walk	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 they	punct
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 they	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 they	advmod
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 rough	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 rough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	the flints on that peaks					rough property	tree rules
2	walk on	to-infinitive	the flints on that peaks not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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, flints cover all the top peaks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 cover	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cover	punct
3	flints	flint	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cover	nsubj
4	cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 peaks	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 peaks	det
7	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 peaks	amod
8	peaks	peak	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cover	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present	flints	all top peaks					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme peak=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the peaks are covered in sharp flints

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 covered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 covered	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peaks	det
4	peaks	peak	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 covered	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 covered	aux:pass
6	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 flints	case
8	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 flints	amod
9	flints	flint	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present · passive		the peaks				in sharp flints	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in flint=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, the flints are so sharp they'd cut your feet right through your shoes

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 sharp	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sharp	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flints	det
4	flints	flint	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sharp	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sharp	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 sharp	advmod
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 cut	nsubj
9	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 cut	aux
10	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sharp	parataxis
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 feet	nmod:poss
12	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cut	obj
13	right	right	ADV	_	16 shoes	advmod
14	through	through	ADP	_	16 shoes	case
15	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 shoes	nmod:poss
16	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the flints					sharp property	tree rules
2	cut	would	flints = flint	your feet		your shoes			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset foot=Product

Option 4

Yeah, the peaks have sharp stones on them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peaks	det
4	peaks	peak	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stones	amod
7	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the peaks	sharp stones				on stones = stone	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Patient

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