Test 6 · ★ · Household Tales, Dullhead: the golden goose, the sticky si…
Why did the Princess crack up laughing?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: laugh
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1580 «Household Tales, Dullhead: the golden goose, the sticky sisters and the wedding» 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 laughing | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 crack | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Princess | det |
| 4 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 crack | nsubj |
| 5 | crack | crack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 laughing | aux |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 crack | compound:prt |
| 7 | laughing | laugh | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 laughing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: 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.
The options
Option 1
Cos she saw the whole procession of people chasing Dullhead and it looked dead silly
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 procession | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 procession | amod |
| 6 | procession | procession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 people | case |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 procession | nmod |
| 9 | chasing | chase | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 people | acl |
| 10 | Dullhead | Dullhead | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 chasing | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 looked | cc |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 looked | nsubj |
| 13 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 saw | conj |
| 14 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 silly | amod |
| 15 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 looked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Cos | the whole procession of people | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer procession=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | chase | gerund | people not said here | Dullhead | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dullhead=Theme | ||||
| 3 | look | past | procession | silly property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | proceed | people | nom procession «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2
Cos the parson fell over in the mud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 4 fell | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 parson | det |
| 3 | parson | parson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | over | over | ADV | _ | 4 fell | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 mud | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mud | det |
| 8 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall over | past | the parson | the mud | over property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in mud=Location |
Option 3
Cos she saw seven people running after each other all the way across the field
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 people | nummod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 saw | obj |
| 6 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 people | acl |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 each | case |
| 8 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 6 running | obl |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 each | fixed |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 way | det:predet |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 way | det |
| 12 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | across | across | ADP | _ | 15 field | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 field | det |
| 15 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Cos | seven people | the field | all way obl:unmarked | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | run | gerund | seven people not said here | after each | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cos she saw seven people running after each other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 people | nummod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 saw | obj |
| 6 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 people | acl |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 each | case |
| 8 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 6 running | obl |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 each | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Cos | seven people | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | run | gerund | seven people not said here | after each | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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