Test 12 · ★ · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…

lowkey, what was the Black Book for?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lowkey · What happens: be · To what, where: Black Book

This is test 12 · ★ 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Book	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 Book	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 Book	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Book	det
6	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Book	compound
7	Book	Book	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 lowkey	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	1 lowkey	case
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 lowkey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	lowkey and the Black Book	the Black Book					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 · ← Mova's choice

It contained every secret of the stars and the earth that he had gathered in Toledo over many years

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 contained	nsubj
2	contained	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 secret	det
4	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contained	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 stars	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stars	det
7	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 secret	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 earth	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 earth	det
10	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stars	conj
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 gathered	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gathered	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 gathered	aux
14	gathered	gather	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 contained	advcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 Toledo	case
16	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 gathered	obl
17	over	over	ADP	_	19 years	case
18	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 years	amod
19	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 gathered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	past	It	every secret of the stars and the earth					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot secret=Theme
2	gather	past · perfect	he			Toledo	year		vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It recorded the old Roman laws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recorded	nsubj
2	recorded	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 laws	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 laws	amod
5	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 laws	amod
6	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 recorded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	past	It	the old Roman laws					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It told him what spells to use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 spells	nsubj
5	spells	spell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 told	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 use	mark
7	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 spells	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	It	him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	spell	present			tree rules
3	use	to-infinitive			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It was a catalogue of the emperors and their wars, written in the ancient Greek tongue of the magicians

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 catalogue	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 catalogue	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 catalogue	det
4	catalogue	catalogue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 emperors	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 emperors	det
7	emperors	emperor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 catalogue	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wars	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wars	nmod:poss
10	wars	war	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 emperors	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 written	punct
12	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 catalogue	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	17 tongue	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tongue	det
15	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 tongue	amod
16	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 tongue	amod
17	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 written	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 magicians	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 magicians	det
20	magicians	magician	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 tongue	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a catalogue		of the emperors and emperors's wars	tree rules
2	write	participle		a catalogue not said here	the ancient Greek tongue of the magicians		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in tongue=Destination
3	war		emperors = emperor				nom war «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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