Test 1 · ★ · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…
yo, did that evil spirit really get stuck in the hole again?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, get · To what, where: evil spirit
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1814 «Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, gets the magic books, and faces his foes» 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 | yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 3 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yo | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 spirit | det |
| 5 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 spirit | amod |
| 6 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 get | advmod |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | advcl |
| 9 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 get | xcomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 hole | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hole | det |
| 12 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stuck | obl |
| 13 | again | again | ADV | _ | 12 hole | advmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | that evil spirit | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | get | present | stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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 got stuck and then wriggled out after the magician gave him a shove from behind
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 stuck | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stuck | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stuck | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stuck | aux:pass |
| 5 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wriggled | cc |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 wriggled | advmod |
| 8 | wriggled | wriggle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 stuck | conj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 wriggled | compound:prt |
| 10 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 13 gave | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 magician | det |
| 12 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | nsubj |
| 13 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 wriggled | advcl |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 gave | iobj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 shove | det |
| 16 | shove | shove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | obj |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 behind | case |
| 18 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 13 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wriggle out | participle | then | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | give | past | the magician | a shove | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient shove=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he showed off and jammed himself in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 showed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 showed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 showed | nsubj |
| 4 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 showed | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 jammed | cc |
| 7 | jammed | jam | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 showed | conj |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 jammed | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 jammed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show off | past | he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | jam | past | he not said here | himself = he | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme himself=Destination |
Option 3
Nope, he slipped out right away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 slipped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 slipped | nsubj |
| 4 | slipped | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 slipped | advmod |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 slipped | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip out | past | he | away, out property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4
Yeah, but he got out easily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 got | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 7 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get out | past | he | easily, out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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