Test 6 · ★ · Oz, The Cyclone, part 1: a cyclone lifts Dorothy's house i…

so the cellar was a dug hole in the ground, right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cellar · What happens: be · To what, where: dug hole, ground

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1586 «Oz, The Cyclone, part 1: a cyclone lifts Dorothy's house into the air» 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	so	so	ADV	_	7 hole	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cellar	det
3	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hole	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hole	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hole	det
6	dug	dug	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hole	compound
7	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hole	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hole	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	7 hole	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 hole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the cellar	a dug hole		the ground			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

Yeah, a tall stone wall, no ladder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 wall	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wall	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wall	det
4	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wall	amod
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wall	compound
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ladder	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 ladder	det
9	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wall	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Yep, a little dark hole with a ladder and a heavy wooden lid on top

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 hole	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hole	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hole	amod
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hole	amod
6	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 ladder	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ladder	det
9	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hole	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 lid	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 lid	det
12	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lid	amod
13	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lid	amod
14	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hole	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 top	case
16	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lid	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, it was a big underground room with lanterns and a stone door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 room	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 room	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 room	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 room	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 room	amod
7	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 room	amod
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 lanterns	case
10	lanterns	lantern	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 room	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 door	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 door	det
13	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 door	compound
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lanterns	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a big underground room				with lanterns and a stone door	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, a little dark hole with a ladder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 hole	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hole	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hole	amod
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hole	amod
6	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 ladder	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ladder	det
9	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hole	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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