Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with l…
Did any of those knights make it up before him, or what?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: any · What happens: make up · To what, where: it
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1704 «Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with lynx claws, cuts the eagle's feet, and wins the Princess» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 any | aux |
| 2 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 make | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 knights | case |
| 4 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 5 knights | det |
| 5 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 any | nmod |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 make | compound:prt |
| 9 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 what | punct |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 what | cc |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 make | parataxis |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | present | any | it | before him = he | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |
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
No, they each fell from the glass and did not survive the long drop down the mountain
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 fell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fell | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 fell | nsubj |
| 5 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 glass | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 glass | det |
| 8 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fell | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 survive | cc |
| 10 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 survive | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 survive | advmod |
| 12 | survive | survive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 fell | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 drop | det |
| 14 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 drop | amod |
| 15 | drop | drop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 survive | obj |
| 16 | down | down | ADP | _ | 18 mountain | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 mountain | det |
| 18 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 survive | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | they | the glass | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from glass=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | not survive | past · do-support | they not said here | the long drop | down the mountain | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme drop=Circumstance |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, they all fell and died
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 fell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fell | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 fell | advmod |
| 5 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 died | cc |
| 7 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fell | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | they | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | die | past | they not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
No, every single knight tried and failed, and they fell back down to the ground
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 tried | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 tried | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 knight | det |
| 4 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 knight | amod |
| 5 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tried | nsubj |
| 6 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 failed | cc |
| 8 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 tried | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fell | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 fell | cc |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fell | nsubj |
| 12 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 tried | conj |
| 13 | back | back | ADV | _ | 14 down | advmod |
| 14 | down | down | ADV | _ | 12 fell | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 ground | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 ground | det |
| 17 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | every single knight | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | fail | past | every single knight not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | fall back | past | they | to the ground; down property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme |
Option 4
No, they all fell off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 fell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fell | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 fell | advmod |
| 5 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 fell | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall off | past | they | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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