Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th…

lol, why did the dragon's jaw drop at the brook?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jaw · What happens: do, drop · To what, where: brook

This is test 10 · ★ 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dragon	det
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jaw	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 dragon	case
8	jaw	jaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drop	nsubj
9	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 brook	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 brook	det
12	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drop	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drop	present	the dragon's jaw			the brook			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at brook=Trajectory

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

Stan said the brook was his now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stan	Stan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brook	det
4	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 his	cop
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 brook	nmod:poss
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Stan				now		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		brook					tree rules

Option 2

the dragon heard the brook was poisoned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dragon	det
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 brook	det
5	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poisoned	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 poisoned	aux:pass
7	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 heard	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	the dragon						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	poison	past · passive		the brook					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Stan had already drained the brook into the trough at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stan	Stan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 drained	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 drained	aux
3	already	already	ADV	_	4 drained	advmod
4	drained	drain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brook	det
6	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drained	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 trough	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trough	det
9	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drained	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drain	past · perfect	Stan	the brook		the trough	night		vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination»: agent=Agent brook=Theme into trough=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Stan said he'd take the whole brook away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stan	Stan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 take	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 take	aux
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brook	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 brook	amod
8	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	obj
9	away	away	ADV	_	5 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Stan						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take	would	Stan	the whole brook				away property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brook=Theme

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