Test 11 · ★ · Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the toad's gifts and the…
when they got in the little house it turned into a castle, dead?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, it · What happens: get, turn · To what, where: little house, castle
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1686 «Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the toad's gifts and the wedding» 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 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 got | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 turned | advcl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 house | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 house | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 house | amod |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 turned | nsubj |
| 9 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 castle | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 castle | det |
| 12 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 turned | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 dead | punct |
| 14 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 castle | amod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 turned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | they | the little house | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | turn | past | it | a castle | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into castle=Trajectory |
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 dead serious, the house went massive, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 serious | discourse |
| 2 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 serious | amod |
| 3 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 went | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 went | nsubj |
| 7 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 serious | conj |
| 8 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 went | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bro | punct |
| 10 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 serious | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the house | massive property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah dead serious
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 2 dead | discourse |
| 2 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 serious | amod |
| 3 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
nah not even close
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 close | discourse |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 close | advmod |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 4 close | advmod |
| 4 | close | close | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not close | imperative | you not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
nah it turned into a shack, not a castle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 turned | discourse |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 shack | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 shack | det |
| 6 | shack | shack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turned | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 castle | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 castle | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 castle | det |
| 10 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shack | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | it | a shack and a castle | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into shack=Trajectory |
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