Test 2 · ★ · pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chai…
Dude, the Dragon's jaws were wide open and the lad nearly got munched, proper scary, right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dude · What happens: be, munch · To what, where: lad
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1682 «pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chained in a cave» 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 | Dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 open | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dude | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Dragon | det |
| 4 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 jaws | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Dragon | case |
| 6 | jaws | jaw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 open | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 open | cop |
| 8 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 open | advmod |
| 9 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 munched | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 lad | det |
| 12 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 munched | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 15 munched | advmod |
| 14 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 munched | aux:pass |
| 15 | munched | munch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 open | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 scary | punct |
| 17 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 scary | amod |
| 18 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 open | parataxis |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 scary | punct |
| 20 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 9 open | discourse |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 open | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Dude | open property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | munch | past · passive | the lad | nearly property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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, he was dead close, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 close | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 close | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 close | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 close | cop |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 close | amod |
| 6 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bruv | punct |
| 8 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 close | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | close property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he was miles off really, the Dragon never got near him at all, mate
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 miles | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 miles | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 miles | cop |
| 5 | miles | mile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 got | nsubj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 miles | compound:prt |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 12 got | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 really | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Dragon | det |
| 10 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 got | nsubj |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 got | advmod |
| 12 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | near | near | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 got | obl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 all | case |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 got | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 mate | punct |
| 18 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 got | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | miles | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not get | past | miles | all | near Dragon; mate vocative | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Yeah, he was proper close, mate, the jaws were like a cave door
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 close | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 close | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 close | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 close | cop |
| 5 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 6 close | advmod |
| 6 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mate | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 close | vocative |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 door | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 jaws | det |
| 11 | jaws | jaw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 door | nsubj |
| 12 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 door | cop |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 door | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 door | det |
| 15 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 door | compound |
| 16 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 close | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | mate vocative; close, properly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the jaws | like a cave door | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he was properly close, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 close | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 close | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 close | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 close | cop |
| 5 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 6 close | advmod |
| 6 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mate | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 close | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | mate vocative; close, properly property | tree rules |
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