Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th…
lowkey, did the dragon know Stan was lying?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lowkey, Stan · What happens: know, lie · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | lowkey | lowkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 know | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 lowkey | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 know | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dragon | det |
| 5 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 know | nsubj |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | Stan | Stan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 lying | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 lying | aux |
| 9 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 know | ccomp |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past · do-support | lowkey | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | lie | past · progressive | Stan | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
nah, he figured it out after the seventh sack, but he was too proud to say so
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 figured | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 figured | nsubj |
| 4 | figured | figure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 figured | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 figured | compound:prt |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 sack | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sack | det |
| 9 | seventh | seventh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 sack | amod |
| 10 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 figured | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 proud | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 proud | cc |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 proud | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 proud | cop |
| 15 | too | too | ADV | _ | 16 proud | advmod |
| 16 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 figured | conj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 say | mark |
| 18 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 proud | csubj |
| 19 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 say | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | figure out | past | he | it | after the seventh sack | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 2 | is | past | he | proud property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he kinda fell for it every time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 fell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 5 fell | advmod |
| 5 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fell | obl |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fell | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | he | time | for it; kinda property | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
yeah he knew everything, but he gave in anyway because he wanted the ducats back
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 knew | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 knew | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 gave | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 gave | cc |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 gave | nsubj |
| 8 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 knew | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 gave | compound:prt |
| 10 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 8 gave | advmod |
| 11 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 wanted | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 wanted | nsubj |
| 13 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 gave | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 ducats | det |
| 15 | ducats | ducat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 wanted | obj |
| 16 | back | back | ADV | _ | 13 wanted | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | he | everything | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | give in | past | he | anyway property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | want back | past | he | the ducats | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ducat=Theme |
Option 4
nah, he just kept letting Stan win
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 kept | advmod |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | letting | let | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 kept | xcomp |
| 7 | Stan | Stan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 letting | obj |
| 8 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 letting | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | let | gerund | he not said here | Stan | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | win | infinitive | Stan not said here | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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