Test 2 · ★ · Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: t…
Bruv, what was he actually hunting for?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bruv · What happens: hunt
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1680 «Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: the birds lead him to the moonlit spring» 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 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 hunting | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 hunting | obj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 hunting | aux |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hunting | nsubj |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 hunting | advmod |
| 7 | hunting | hunt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 hunting | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 hunting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | past · progressive | Bruv | Bruv vocative; actually property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
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
A lost ring belonging to King Solomon, innit, that he'd heard about.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ring | det |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ring | amod |
| 3 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | belonging | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 ring | acl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Solomon | case |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Solomon | compound |
| 7 | Solomon | Solomon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 belonging | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 innit | punct |
| 9 | innit | innit | INTJ | _ | 7 Solomon | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 heard | punct |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 heard | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 heard | nsubj |
| 13 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 heard | aux |
| 14 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 belonging | advcl |
| 15 | about | about | ADV | _ | 14 heard | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | belong | gerund | a lost ring not said here | King Solomon | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hear | past · perfect | Solomon | about property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
The witch's silver ring, innit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 witch | det |
| 2 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ring | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 witch | case |
| 4 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ring | amod |
| 5 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| 7 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 ring | acl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 ring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | innit | infinitive | the witch's silver ring not said here | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
King Solomon's lost ring, innit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Solomon | compound |
| 2 | Solomon | Solomon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ring | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Solomon | case |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ring | amod |
| 5 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| 7 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 ring | acl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 ring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | King Solomon's lost ring not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
A hidden well, innit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 well | det |
| 2 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 well | amod |
| 3 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 innit | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 well | punct |
| 5 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 innit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | innit | infinitive | a hidden well | tree rules |
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