Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever boy turns into a ho…
yo, did the witch get her head chopped in one whack or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: witch, head · What happens: get, chop · To what, where: one whack
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1650 «Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever boy turns into a horse and a pole-cat ends a wizard» 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 | yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 6 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yo | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 witch | det |
| 5 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 head | nmod:poss |
| 8 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chopped | nsubj |
| 9 | chopped | chop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | ccomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 whack | case |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 whack | nummod |
| 12 | whack | whack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chopped | obl |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 what | cc |
| 14 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 chopped | advcl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | the witch | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | chop | past | witch's head | one whack | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in whack=Location |
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
yeah, a clean chop with a blade
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 chop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 chop | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 chop | det |
| 4 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 chop | amod |
| 5 | chop | chop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 blade | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 blade | det |
| 8 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chop | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, one swipe of the sword, done
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 swipe | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 swipe | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 swipe | nummod |
| 4 | swipe | swipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sword | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sword | det |
| 7 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swipe | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 done | punct |
| 9 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 swipe | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | participle | one swipe of the sword not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | swipe | the sword | nom swipe «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
nah, it took a few swings, dude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 swings | det |
| 6 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 swings | amod |
| 7 | swings | swing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 took | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 dude | punct |
| 9 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | it | a few swings | dude obl | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swing=Theme |
Option 4
yep, one hit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 hit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 hit | nummod |
| 4 | hit | hit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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