Test 8 · ★ · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…
did the spirit get out of the cave or not?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: spirit · What happens: get out · To what, where: cave
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 spirit | det |
| 3 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 cave | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 cave | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cave | det |
| 8 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obl |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 not | cc |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 cave | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get out | past · do-support | the spirit | the cave | 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, he escaped through the back door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 escaped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 escaped | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 escaped | nsubj |
| 4 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 door | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 door | det |
| 7 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 door | compound |
| 8 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 escaped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | past | he | the back door | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through door=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nope, he stayed under the bolt until the magician came back with the Black Book and freed him
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 stayed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stayed | nsubj |
| 4 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 bolt | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bolt | det |
| 7 | bolt | bolt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stayed | obl |
| 8 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 11 came | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 magician | det |
| 10 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 came | nsubj |
| 11 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stayed | advcl |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 came | advmod |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 Book | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Book | det |
| 15 | Black | Black | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Book | compound |
| 16 | Book | Book | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 came | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 freed | cc |
| 18 | freed | free | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stayed | conj |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 freed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | he | the bolt | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under bolt=Location | ||||
| 2 | come back | past | the magician | with the Black Book | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | free | past | he not said here | magician | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he wriggled out after a long while
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wriggled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wriggled | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wriggled | nsubj |
| 4 | wriggled | wriggle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 wriggled | compound:prt |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 while | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 while | det |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 while | amod |
| 9 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wriggled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wriggle out | past | he | while | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yeah, he wriggled out after a long while, then folded himself back inside the cave to show his size
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wriggled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wriggled | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wriggled | nsubj |
| 4 | wriggled | wriggle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 wriggled | compound:prt |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 while | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 while | det |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 while | amod |
| 9 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wriggled | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 folded | punct |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 folded | advmod |
| 12 | folded | fold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wriggled | conj |
| 13 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 12 folded | obj |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 folded | advmod |
| 15 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 17 cave | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 cave | det |
| 17 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 folded | obl |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 show | mark |
| 19 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 folded | advcl |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 size | nmod:poss |
| 21 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 show | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wriggle out | past | he | while | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | fold back | past | he not said here | himself = he | the cave | then | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | ||
| 3 | show | to-infinitive | he not said here | his size | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent size=Recipient |
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