Test 4 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's…
So the brother had a dream about the duck's beak, yeah? Wild stuff, mate.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother · What happens: have · To what, where: dream
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1663 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister's end» 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
Sentence 1: So the brother had a dream about the duck's beak, yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 had | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 brother | det |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dream | det |
| 6 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 beak | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 duck | det |
| 9 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 beak | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 duck | case |
| 11 | beak | beak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dream | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| 13 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 had | discourse |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the brother | a dream | about the duck's beak | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=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.
Sentence 2: Wild stuff, mate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stuff | amod |
| 2 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 mate | punct |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stuff | conj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stuff | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yeah, the duck was cut
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 cut | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 duck | det |
| 4 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 cut | aux:pass |
| 6 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | past · passive | the duck | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, the beak had to be cut
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 beak | det |
| 4 | beak | beak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 cut | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 cut | aux:pass |
| 8 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 had | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the beak | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | cut | to-infinitive · passive | the beak not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he dreamed the duck's whole face had to be cut off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 dreamed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dreamed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dreamed | nsubj |
| 4 | dreamed | dream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 duck | det |
| 6 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 face | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 duck | case |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 face | amod |
| 9 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 had | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dreamed | ccomp |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 cut | mark |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 cut | aux:pass |
| 13 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 had | xcomp |
| 14 | off | off | ADP | _ | 13 cut | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dream | past | he | vn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | past | the duck's whole face | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | cut off | to-infinitive · passive | the duck's whole face not said here | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V» |
Option 4
Nah, he dreamed the king was chasing the duck through the palace halls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 dreamed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dreamed | nsubj |
| 4 | dreamed | dream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chasing | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 chasing | aux |
| 8 | chasing | chase | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 dreamed | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 duck | det |
| 10 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chasing | obj |
| 11 | through | through | ADP | _ | 14 halls | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 halls | det |
| 13 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 halls | compound |
| 14 | halls | hall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 chasing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dream | past | he | vn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | chase | past · progressive | the king | the duck | the palace halls | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent duck=Theme through hall=Trajectory |
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