Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th…
be real, was Stan actually scared the whole time?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: real Stan · What happens: be, scare · To what, where: real Stan
This is test 11 · ★ 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 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 2 real | cop |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Stan | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 real | punct |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 Stan | cop |
| 5 | Stan | Stan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 scared | nsubj |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 scared | advmod |
| 7 | scared | scare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 time | det |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 time | amod |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scared | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | infinitive | real property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | real Stan | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | scare | past | real Stan | time | actually property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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
yeah, he trembled in bed but stayed sneaky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 trembled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 trembled | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trembled | nsubj |
| 4 | trembled | tremble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 bed | case |
| 6 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trembled | obl |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 stayed | cc |
| 8 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 trembled | conj |
| 9 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stayed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tremble | past | he | bed | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bed=Location | ||||
| 2 | stay | past | he not said here | sneaky property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
yeah, he shook so hard the whole bed creaked, but he kept pretending to snore for the dragon
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 shook | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shook | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shook | nsubj |
| 4 | shook | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 hard | advmod |
| 6 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 shook | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bed | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bed | amod |
| 9 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 creaked | nsubj |
| 10 | creaked | creak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 shook | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 kept | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 kept | cc |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 kept | nsubj |
| 14 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 shook | conj |
| 15 | pretending | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 kept | xcomp |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 snore | mark |
| 17 | snore | snore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 pretending | xcomp |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 dragon | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 dragon | det |
| 20 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 snore | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | past | he | hard property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | creak | past | the whole bed | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | keep | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | pretend | gerund | he not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | snore | to-infinitive | he not said here | for the dragon | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
nah, he was calm the whole time and never shook
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 calm | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 calm | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 calm | cop |
| 5 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calm | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 shook | cc |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 shook | advmod |
| 11 | shook | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 calm | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | time | calm property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not shake | past | he not said here | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, he was shaking like an aspen but kept acting calm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 shaking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 shaking | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 shaking | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 shaking | aux |
| 5 | shaking | shake | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 aspen | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 aspen | det |
| 8 | aspen | aspen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shaking | obl |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 kept | cc |
| 10 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 shaking | conj |
| 11 | acting | act | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 kept | xcomp |
| 12 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 acting | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | past · progressive | he | like a aspen | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | keep | past | he not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | act | gerund | he not said here | calm property | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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