Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th…
ok so the dragon basically got played, right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: play · To what, where: dragon
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1770 «Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother» 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 | ok | ok | INTJ | _ | 7 played | discourse |
| 2 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 played | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dragon | det |
| 4 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 played | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | basically | basically | ADV | _ | 4 dragon | advmod |
| 6 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 played | aux:pass |
| 7 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 played | punct |
| 9 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 7 played | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 played | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past · passive | the dragon | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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, Stan tricked him into giving up seven sacks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 tricked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | Stan | Stan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tricked | nsubj |
| 4 | tricked | trick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tricked | obj |
| 6 | into | into | SCONJ | _ | 7 giving | mark |
| 7 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 tricked | advcl |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 giving | compound:prt |
| 9 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 sacks | nummod |
| 10 | sacks | sack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 giving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | past | Stan | him = he | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 2 | give up | gerund | Stan not said here | seven sacks | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Source |
Option 2
nah, he just gave it up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 gave | advmod |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 gave | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | past | he | it | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
nope, the dragon kept all his ducats safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dragon | det |
| 4 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | nsubj |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 ducats | det:predet |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 ducats | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ducats | ducat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 kept | obj |
| 9 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kept | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | the dragon | dragon's ducats | safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ducat=Theme |
Option 4
no, he won fair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 won | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 won | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 won | nsubj |
| 4 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 won | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | he | fair property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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