Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor mill…
Mardy Wizard King, innit. How did he react when he got to the wedding?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mardy · What happens: react, get
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1702 «Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor miller strikes a bargain with a water spirit» 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: Mardy Wizard King, innit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mardy | Mardy | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Wizard | Wizard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mardy | flat |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mardy | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 innit | punct |
| 5 | innit | innit | INTJ | _ | 1 Mardy | discourse |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mardy | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: How did he react when he got to the wedding?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 react | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 react | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 react | nsubj |
| 4 | react | react | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 got | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 react | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 wedding | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wedding | det |
| 10 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 react | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | react | past · do-support | Mardy | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | get | past | Mardy | to the wedding result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to wedding=Result |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
he burst in angrily in his natural form, shouting at all the guests
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 burst | nsubj |
| 2 | burst | burst | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 angrily | case |
| 4 | angrily | angrily | ADV | _ | 2 burst | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 form | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 form | nmod:poss |
| 7 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 form | amod |
| 8 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 burst | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 shouting | punct |
| 10 | shouting | shout | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 burst | advcl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 guests | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 guests | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 guests | det |
| 14 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 shouting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burst | past | he | his natural form | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in angrily=Location | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | gerund | he not said here | at all guests | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | form | his = he | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
he hid behind a painted screen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 6 screen | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 screen | det |
| 5 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 screen | amod |
| 6 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | he | a painted screen | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind screen=Location | ||||
| 2 | paint | participle | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
he went in his natural form
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 form | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 form | nmod:poss |
| 5 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 form | amod |
| 6 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | he | his natural form | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in form=Location | ||||
| 2 | form | his = he | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
he came in disguise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 disguise | case |
| 4 | disguise | disguise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | he | disguise | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in disguise=Location |
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