Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton…

Ain't the bundle of wood a bit dodgy, like, how did it make a whole army?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ai · What happens: make · To what, where: whole army

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks 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	Ai	ai	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bundle	nsubj
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 bundle	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bundle	det
4	bundle	bundle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 wood	case
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bundle	nmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dodgy	obl:unmarked
9	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wood	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 like	punct
11	like	like	INTJ	_	4 bundle	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 make	punct
13	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 make	advmod
14	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 make	aux
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 make	nsubj
16	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bundle	parataxis
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 army	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 army	amod
19	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 make	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 bundle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · do-support	Ai	a whole army					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material army=Product

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

He spread it out on the field and it turned into soldiers at dawn

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 spread	nsubj
2	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spread	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 spread	compound:prt
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 field	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 field	det
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spread	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 turned	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 turned	nsubj
10	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spread	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	12 soldiers	case
12	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 turned	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 dawn	case
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread out	past	He	it		the field			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on field=Destination
2	turn	past	field			soldiers	dawn		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into soldier=Trajectory

Option 2

He stacked it and it grew tall

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 stacked	nsubj
2	stacked	stack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stacked	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 grew	cc
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grew	nsubj
6	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stacked	conj
7	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grew	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stack	past	He	it					vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	grow	past	it					tall property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He spread it out and it turned into soldiers, who then marched straight to the palace

The tree, 16 words

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 spread	nsubj
2	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spread	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 spread	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 turned	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 turned	nsubj
7	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spread	conj
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 soldiers	case
9	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 turned	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 marched	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 marched	nsubj
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 marched	advmod
13	marched	march	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 soldiers	acl:relcl
14	straight	straight	ADV	_	17 palace	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 palace	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 palace	det
17	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread out	past	He	it				vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	turn	past	it		soldiers		to the palace	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into soldier=Source to palace=Trajectory
3	march	past	soldiers			then		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He spread it out and it turned into soldiers

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 spread	nsubj
2	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spread	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 spread	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 turned	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 turned	nsubj
7	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spread	conj
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 soldiers	case
9	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread out	past	He	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	turn	past	it			soldiers			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into soldier=Trajectory

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