Test 4 · ★ · pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl,…
wait, the stepmother actually beat Dotterine? that's well harsh
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, stepmother, that · What happens: wait, beat, be · To what, where: Dotterine
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1767 «pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl, and the queen dies» 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 | _ | 6 beat | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stepmother | det |
| 4 | stepmother | stepmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beat | nsubj |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 6 beat | advmod |
| 6 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | parataxis |
| 7 | Dotterine | Dotterine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 beat | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 harsh | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 harsh | cop |
| 11 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 harsh | advmod |
| 12 | harsh | harsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 wait | advcl |
| # | 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 | beat | past | the stepmother | Dotterine | actually property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dotterine=Theme | |||
| 3 | is | present | that | harsh, well property | 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 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, she battered her proper bad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 battered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 battered | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 battered | nsubj |
| 4 | battered | batter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 bad | nmod:poss |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bad | amod |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 battered | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | batter | past | she | bad property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
nah, she didn't touch her but made her sleep in the ashes every single night
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 touch | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 touch | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 touch | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 touch | advmod |
| 6 | touch | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 touch | obj |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 made | cc |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 touch | ccomp |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 sleep | nmod:poss |
| 11 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 ashes | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ashes | det |
| 14 | ashes | ash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 made | obl |
| 15 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 night | det |
| 16 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 night | amod |
| 17 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not touch | past · do-support | she | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | past | she not said here | her sleep | the ashes | night | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sleep=Product | ||
| 3 | sleep | her = she | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
yeah, she battered her proper bad and left her in the cold all night
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 battered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 battered | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 battered | nsubj |
| 4 | battered | batter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 bad | nmod:poss |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bad | amod |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 battered | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 left | cc |
| 9 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 battered | conj |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 left | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 cold | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 cold | det |
| 13 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 left | obl |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 night | det |
| 15 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 battered | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | batter | past | she | night | bad property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | leave | past | she not said here | her = she | the cold | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in cold=Location |
Option 4
nah, she locked her in bad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 locked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 locked | nsubj |
| 4 | locked | lock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 locked | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 bad | case |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 locked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | past | she | her = she | bad | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
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