Test 8 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleto…

Gutted, what does that bundle of wood do if you chuck it down?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: gut, do, chuck down · To what, where: bundle

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1722 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship» 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	Gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 does	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Gutted	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 bundle	det
6	bundle	bundle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 wood	case
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bundle	nmod
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 chuck	aux
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 chuck	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 chuck	nsubj
12	chuck	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 does	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 chuck	obj
14	down	down	ADP	_	12 chuck	compound:prt
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	gut	participle			vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	do	present		that bundle of wood	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Eventuality
3	chuck down a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	you	bundle	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

Turns into a big herd

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	5 herd	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 herd	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 herd	amod
5	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present				a big herd			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into herd=Trajectory

Option 2

Turns to ash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 ash	mark
3	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turns	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Makes a fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fire	det
3	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present		a fire					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Turns into a proper army

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	5 army	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 army	det
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 army	amod
5	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present				a proper army			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into army=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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