Test 10 · ★ · Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her Destiny, part 30: Cath…
Okay, so the old witch lady got her head chopped, right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: old witch lady, head · What happens: get, chop
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1641 «Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her Destiny, part 30: Catherine gets a silken ball from her Destiny's sister» 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 | Okay | okay | INTJ | _ | 8 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Okay | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 got | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lady | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lady | amod |
| 6 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lady | compound |
| 7 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | nsubj |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 head | nmod:poss |
| 10 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 chopped | nsubj |
| 11 | chopped | chop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 got | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 13 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 8 got | discourse |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the old witch lady | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | chop | past | lady's head | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
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, the queen got beheaded, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 beheaded | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 beheaded | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 queen | det |
| 4 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beheaded | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 beheaded | aux:pass |
| 6 | beheaded | behead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 beheaded | punct |
| 8 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 6 beheaded | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behead | past · passive | the queen | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
Yep, the barber did it, straight up, right after she kept shrieking about being young again
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 5 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 barber | det |
| 4 | barber | barber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 did | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 up | punct |
| 8 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 9 up | advmod |
| 9 | up | up | ADV | _ | 5 did | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 kept | punct |
| 11 | right | right | ADV | _ | 14 kept | advmod |
| 12 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 14 kept | mark |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 kept | nsubj |
| 14 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 did | conj |
| 15 | shrieking | shriek | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 kept | xcomp |
| 16 | about | about | ADP | _ | 18 young | case |
| 17 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 young | cop |
| 18 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 shrieking | obl |
| 19 | again | again | ADV | _ | 15 shrieking | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the barber | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | keep | past | barber | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | shriek | gerund | barber not said here | again | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | gerund | young property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yep, the cook did it, honestly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 5 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cook | det |
| 4 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 did | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| 8 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 5 did | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the cook | it | honestly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yep, the barber did it, straight up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 5 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 barber | det |
| 4 | barber | barber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 did | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 up | punct |
| 8 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 9 up | advmod |
| 9 | up | up | ADV | _ | 5 did | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the barber | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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