Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his frien…
Ayo, why's the fox going in his gizzard, like proper weird?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ayo, fox · What happens: be, go · To what, where: fox, gizzard
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1551 «Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his friends to get back what the King owes him» 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 | Ayo | Ayo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 fox | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ayo | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 fox | advmod |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fox | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fox | det |
| 6 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 fox | acl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 gizzard | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 gizzard | nmod:poss |
| 10 | gizzard | gizzard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 going | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 weird | punct |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 weird | case |
| 13 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 weird | amod |
| 14 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 fox | conj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 fox | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Ayo | the fox | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | gerund | the fox not said here | Ayo's gizzard | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in gizzard=Location | ||||
| 3 | be | Ayo not said here | 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 wanted to see the gizzard
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 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 see | mark |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gizzard | det |
| 6 | gizzard | gizzard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the gizzard | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gizzard=Stimulus |
Option 2
He wanted a free ride inside the gizzard, so he made himself small first
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 | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ride | det |
| 4 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ride | amod |
| 5 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 8 gizzard | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gizzard | det |
| 8 | gizzard | gizzard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ride | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 made | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 made | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 made | nsubj |
| 12 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wanted | conj |
| 13 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 12 made | obj |
| 14 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 made | xcomp |
| 15 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 made | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | a free ride | the gizzard | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ride=Theme | |||
| 2 | make | past | he | himself = he | first, small property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Product |
Option 3
He was scared of the dark and wanted a warm place to hide, innit
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 | 3 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | cop |
| 3 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 dark | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dark | det |
| 6 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scared | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wanted | cc |
| 8 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 place | det |
| 10 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 place | amod |
| 11 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wanted | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 hide | mark |
| 13 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 place | acl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 scared | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | of the dark; scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | past | He not said here | a warm place | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot place=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hide | to-infinitive | He not said here | a warm place not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | innit | infinitive | He not said here | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He wanted a free ride, sorted
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 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ride | det |
| 4 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ride | amod |
| 5 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sorted | punct |
| 7 | sorted | sort | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ride | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | a free ride | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ride=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sort | participle | a free ride not said here | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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