Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fool…
Proper gutted for Hercules, yeah? What did the apple do after he stamped on it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: apple, Hercules · What happens: gut, do, stamp · To what, where: apple
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 155 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fools his doctor, and a fox outwits a lion» 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
Sentence 1: Proper gutted for Hercules, yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proper | properly | ADV | _ | 2 gutted | advmod |
| 2 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 Hercules | case |
| 4 | Hercules | Hercules | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 gutted | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Hercules | punct |
| 6 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 2 gutted | discourse |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 gutted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut | participle | for Hercules; properly property | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What did the apple do after he stamped on it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 apple | det |
| 4 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 apple | acl:relcl |
| 6 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 8 stamped | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stamped | nsubj |
| 8 | stamped | stamp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | advcl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stamped | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the apple | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | do | present | the apple not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | stamp | past | Hercules | apple | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on it=Destination |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Got fatter, like, yeah
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | fatter | fat | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Got | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Got | punct |
| 4 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 1 Got | discourse |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Got | punct |
| 6 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 1 Got | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | fat property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Got bigger, like proper big
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Got | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 big | punct |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 big | case |
| 5 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 6 big | advmod |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Got | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | big property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Shrank, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrank | Shrank | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shrank | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Went flat, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Went | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bruv | punct |
| 4 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | bruv | flat property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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