Test 8 · ★ · pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl,…
what's the story with the goose wing, is it, like, a magic whistle?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: story · What happens: be · To what, where: wing
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 what | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 story | det |
| 4 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 what | nsubj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 wing | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wing | det |
| 7 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wing | compound |
| 8 | wing | wing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 story | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 what | punct |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 it | cop |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 what | acl:relcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 like | punct |
| 13 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 1 what | discourse |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 whistle | punct |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 whistle | det |
| 16 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 whistle | amod |
| 17 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 what | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the story with the goose wing | a magic whistle obl | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | wing | 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 · ✓ the right answer
nah, it's a signal to bring the godmother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 signal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 signal | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 signal | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 signal | det |
| 6 | signal | signal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 bring | mark |
| 8 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 signal | acl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 godmother | det |
| 10 | godmother | godmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a signal | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bring | to-infinitive | the godmother | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent godmother=Theme |
Option 2
yeah, it's a magic whistle that makes the wind blow and the river rise
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 whistle | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 whistle | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 whistle | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 whistle | det |
| 6 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 whistle | amod |
| 7 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 makes | nsubj |
| 9 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 whistle | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 blow | det |
| 11 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 blow | compound |
| 12 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 makes | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 river | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 river | det |
| 15 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 blow | conj |
| 16 | rise | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a magic whistle | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | present | a magic whistle | the wind blow and the river | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | rise | infinitive | the wind blow and the river not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
nah, it's a signal that tells the godmother to come to the window and help
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 signal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 signal | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 signal | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 signal | det |
| 6 | signal | signal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 tells | nsubj |
| 8 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 signal | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 godmother | det |
| 10 | godmother | godmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tells | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 come | mark |
| 12 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 tells | xcomp |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 window | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 window | det |
| 15 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 come | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 help | cc |
| 17 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 window | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a signal | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | present | a signal | the godmother | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent godmother=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | come not said to happen | to-infinitive | the godmother not said here | the window and help | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to window=Initial_Location |
Option 4
nah, it's just a bird's wing, nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 9 wing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 wing | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 wing | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 wing | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bird | det |
| 7 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wing | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 bird | case |
| 9 | wing | wing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 nothing | punct |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 wing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a bird's wing | tree rules |
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