Test 11 · ★ · Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans…

Innit the treasure room was like a massive church, right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, treasure room · What happens: innit, be

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1787 «Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans is led to a cave of gold and tiny smiths» 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	Innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 room	det
3	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 room	compound
4	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 church	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 church	cop
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 church	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 church	det
8	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 church	amod
9	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Innit	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Innit	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	1 Innit	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Innit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	innit	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	the treasure room					like a massive church	tree rules

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

Yeah, it was massive, like a cathedral with gold stacked up to the roof and lights everywhere

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 massive	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 massive	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 massive	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 massive	cop
5	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cathedral	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 cathedral	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cathedral	det
9	cathedral	cathedral	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 massive	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 gold	case
11	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cathedral	nmod
12	stacked	stack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 cathedral	acl
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 stacked	compound:prt
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 roof	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 roof	det
16	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stacked	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 lights	cc
18	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 roof	conj
19	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 massive	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it					like a cathedral with gold; everywhere, massive property	tree rules
2	stack up	participle		a cathedral with gold not said here				to the roof and lights	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nope, it was actually a vast cave the size of a cathedral that stretched for miles underground

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	8 cave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cave	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cave	cop
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 cave	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cave	det
7	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cave	amod
8	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 size	det
10	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cave	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 cathedral	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cathedral	det
13	cathedral	cathedral	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 size	nmod
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 stretched	nsubj
15	stretched	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 cathedral	acl:relcl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 miles	case
17	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 stretched	obl
18	underground	underground	ADV	_	15 stretched	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a vast cave and the size of a cathedral				actually property	tree rules
2	stretch	past	a cathedral					for miles; underground property	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, it was smaller than a hut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 smaller	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 smaller	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 smaller	cop
5	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 hut	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hut	det
8	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 smaller	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it					than a hut; small property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it was bigger than a church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 bigger	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bigger	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bigger	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bigger	cop
5	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 church	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 church	det
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bigger	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it					than a church; big property	tree rules

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