Test 3 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils…

Bro, what was up with that huge dog with eyes like balls?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: be

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1563 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils the gate, pleases the helpers, and reaches a thirsty sandy plain» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dog	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 dog	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 dog	cop
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 was	compound:prt
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 dog	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 dog	det
8	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dog	amod
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bro	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 eyes	case
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 dog	nmod
12	like	like	ADP	_	13 balls	case
13	balls	ball	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 eyes	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Bro and that huge dog					with that huge dog; with eyes like balls	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 · ✓ the right answer

It was a billiard-ball-eyed guard dog, and he chilled after the oat cake

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dog	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dog	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dog	det
4	billiard	billiard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ball	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 billiard	punct
6	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eyed	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 ball	punct
8	eyed	eyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dog	amod
9	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dog	compound
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 chilled	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 chilled	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 chilled	nsubj
14	chilled	chill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dog	parataxis
15	after	after	ADP	_	18 cake	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 cake	det
17	oat	oat	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cake	compound
18	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chilled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a eyed guard dog					tree rules
2	chill	past	dog				after the oat cake		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It was a huge dog with eyes like balls who lived in the castle kitchen and then wandered off to sleep under the oak after the cake

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dog	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dog	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
4	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dog	amod
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 eyes	case
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dog	nmod
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 balls	case
9	balls	ball	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 eyes	nmod
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 lived	nsubj
11	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 balls	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 kitchen	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 kitchen	det
14	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 kitchen	compound
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lived	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 wandered	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 wandered	advmod
18	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lived	conj
19	off	off	ADP	_	18 wandered	compound:prt
20	to	to	PART	_	21 sleep	mark
21	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 wandered	advcl
22	under	under	ADP	_	24 oak	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 oak	det
24	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sleep	obl
25	after	after	ADP	_	27 cake	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 cake	det
27	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a huge dog			with eyes like balls	tree rules
2	live	past	balls		the castle kitchen			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kitchen=Location
3	wander off	past	balls not said here			then		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	sleep	to-infinitive	balls not said here		the oak	after the cake		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A massive hound with glass eyes, calmed once fed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hound	det
2	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hound	amod
3	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
5	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eyes	compound
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hound	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 calmed	punct
8	calmed	calm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hound	acl
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 fed	advmod
10	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 calmed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	calm	participle		a massive hound with glass eyes not said here					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	feed	participle						once property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It was a billiard-ball-eyed guard dog trained by the Prior, and he chilled after getting the oat cake from Désiré who had planned it all

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dog	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dog	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dog	det
4	billiard	billiard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ball	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 billiard	punct
6	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eyed	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 ball	punct
8	eyed	eyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dog	amod
9	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dog	compound
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 dog	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 Prior	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Prior	det
14	Prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 trained	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 chilled	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 chilled	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 chilled	nsubj
18	chilled	chill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dog	parataxis
19	after	after	SCONJ	_	20 getting	mark
20	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 planned	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 cake	det
22	oat	oat	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 cake	compound
23	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 getting	obj
24	from	from	ADP	_	25 Désiré	case
25	Désiré	Désiré	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 getting	obl
26	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 planned	nsubj:pass
27	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 planned	aux
28	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 chilled	ccomp
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 planned	obj
30	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	29 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a eyed guard dog			tree rules
2	train	participle		a eyed guard dog not said here		by the Prior	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	chill	past	dog				tree rules
4	get	gerund		the oat cake	Désiré		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cake=Theme from désiré=Source
5	plan	past · perfect · passive		cake			tree rules

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