Test 2 · ★ · Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon flees from…
Wait, so why didn't Stan want the dragon to know his house?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Stan, dragon · What happens: wait, not want, know · To what, where: dragon, house
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1771 «Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon flees from a hundred children» 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 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 want | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 want | advmod |
| 4 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 want | advmod |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 want | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 want | advmod |
| 7 | Stan | Stan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 want | nsubj |
| 8 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dragon | det |
| 10 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 want | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 know | mark |
| 12 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 want | xcomp |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 house | nmod:poss |
| 14 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 know | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | 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 | not want | past · do-support | Stan | the dragon | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | know not said to happen | to-infinitive | the dragon not said here | Stan's house | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus |
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
Cause the dragon might steal his sheep, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cause | cause | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dragon | det |
| 3 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 steal | nsubj |
| 4 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 steal | aux |
| 5 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Cause | ccomp |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 sheep | nmod:poss |
| 7 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 steal | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 innit | punct |
| 9 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sheep | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | steal | might | the dragon | dragon's sheep and innit | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sheep=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Cause the dragon would be cross about the money, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 cross | advcl |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dragon | det |
| 3 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cross | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 cross | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 cross | cop |
| 6 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 money | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 money | det |
| 9 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cross | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 innit | punct |
| 11 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 money | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | infinitive | the dragon not said here | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 2 | is | would | the dragon | about the money and innit; cross property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Cause the dragon might come back for his treasure, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cause | cause | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dragon | det |
| 3 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | nsubj |
| 4 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 come | aux |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Cause | ccomp |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 treasure | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 treasure | nmod:poss |
| 9 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 innit | punct |
| 11 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 treasure | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | come back | might | the dragon | for dragon's treasure and innit | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | treasure | dragon | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Cause it was his house, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cause | cause | SCONJ | _ | 5 house | case |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 house | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 house | cop |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 house | nmod:poss |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| 7 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 house | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | cause his house and innit | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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