Test 3 · ★ · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, part 20: Stan wants c…
wait so the dude claimed he ate rocks all night, was he for real?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, dude · What happens: wait, claim, eat, be · To what, where: rocks · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1769 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, part 20: Stan wants children, gets a hundred, and meets a dragon» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 claimed | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dude | det |
| 4 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 claimed | nsubj |
| 5 | claimed | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | advcl |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ate | nsubj |
| 7 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 claimed | ccomp |
| 8 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 ate | obj |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 night | det |
| 10 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ate | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 real | punct |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 real | cop |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 real | nsubj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 real | case |
| 15 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 wait | advcl |
| 16 | ? | ? | 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 | claim speech: other | past | the dude | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | eat | past | dude | rocks | night | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Patient | |||
| 4 | is | past | dude | real 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
nah, just a boast to scare the dragon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 boast | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 boast | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boast | det |
| 5 | boast | boast | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 scare | mark |
| 7 | scare | scare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 boast | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dragon | det |
| 9 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scare | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare | to-infinitive | the dragon | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dragon=Experiencer |
Option 2
nah, he was bluffing to spook the beast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 bluffing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bluffing | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bluffing | aux |
| 5 | bluffing | bluff | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 spook | mark |
| 7 | spook | spook | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 bluffing | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 beast | det |
| 9 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spook | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bluff | past · progressive | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | spook | to-infinitive | he not said here | the beast | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus beast=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
nah, just a boast to scare the dragon, though he'd never actually eaten a single rock in his life
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 boast | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 boast | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boast | det |
| 5 | boast | boast | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 scare | mark |
| 7 | scare | scare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 boast | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dragon | det |
| 9 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scare | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 eaten | punct |
| 11 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 16 eaten | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 eaten | nsubj |
| 13 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 eaten | aux |
| 14 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 16 eaten | advmod |
| 15 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 16 eaten | advmod |
| 16 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 boast | acl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 rock | det |
| 18 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 rock | amod |
| 19 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 eaten | obj |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 life | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 life | nmod:poss |
| 22 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 eaten | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare | to-infinitive | the dragon | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dragon=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | not eat | past · perfect | dragon | a single rock | dragon's life | actually property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Patient |
Option 4
yeah he was for real, he munched stones all night long and then carried on with the fight in the morning
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 real | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 real | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 real | cop |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 real | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 munched | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 munched | nsubj |
| 8 | munched | munch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 real | conj |
| 9 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 munched | obj |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 night | det |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 munched | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 munched | advmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 carried | cc |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 carried | advmod |
| 15 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 real | conj |
| 16 | on | on | ADV | _ | 15 carried | advmod |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 fight | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 fight | det |
| 19 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 carried | obl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 morning | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 morning | det |
| 22 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | munch | past | he | stones | night | long property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Patient | ||
| 3 | carry on | past | he not said here | then; morning | with the fight | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
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