Test 2 · ★ · pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a m…

Wait, what was the whole cat thing about?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: whole cat thing

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1756 «pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a maiden from a cat monster with a borrowed dog» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 thing	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 thing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 thing	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thing	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thing	compound
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
9	about	about	ADP	_	8 thing	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		the whole cat thing					tree rules

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

They were playing cards in the moonlight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 playing	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 playing	aux
3	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 playing	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 moonlight	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 moonlight	det
7	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 playing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past · progressive	They	cards		the moonlight			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme

Option 2

They were gobbling fish from a bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gobbling	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gobbling	aux
3	gobbling	gobble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gobbling	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 bowl	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bowl	det
7	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gobbling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gobble	past · progressive	They	fish		a bowl			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fish=Theme

Option 3

They were snoozing in a pile by the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 snoozing	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 snoozing	aux
3	snoozing	snooze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pile	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pile	det
6	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 snoozing	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 snoozing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snooze	past · progressive	They			a pile		by the door	vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They were dancing and yelling, all mad and loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dancing	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dancing	aux
3	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 yelling	cc
5	yelling	yell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 dancing	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mad	punct
7	all	all	ADV	_	8 mad	advmod
8	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dancing	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 loud	cc
10	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past · progressive	They						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	yell speech: express	gerund	They not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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