Test 9 · ★ · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…
so what's the deal with the pail thing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: deal
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 deal | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 deal | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 deal | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 deal | det |
| 5 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 thing | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 thing | det |
| 8 | pail | pail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 thing | compound |
| 9 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 deal | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 deal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the deal | with the pail thing | 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
He jumped in headlong and then the pail was carried off by a wind to the far end of Rome
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 jumped | nsubj |
| 2 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 2 jumped | advmod |
| 4 | headlong | headlong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 jumped | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 carried | cc |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 carried | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pail | det |
| 8 | pail | pail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 carried | aux:pass |
| 10 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 jumped | conj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 carried | compound:prt |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 wind | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 wind | det |
| 14 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carried | obl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 end | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 end | det |
| 17 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 end | amod |
| 18 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carried | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Rome | case |
| 20 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 end | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump in | past | He | headlong property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry off | past · passive | a wind | the pail | to the far end of Rome; then | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to end=Destination |
Option 2
He climbed in and sealed the lid so no one in the crowd could see him ever again at all
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 climbed | nsubj |
| 2 | climbed | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 2 climbed | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 sealed | cc |
| 5 | sealed | seal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 climbed | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lid | det |
| 7 | lid | lid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 climbed | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 15 see | mark |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 one | det |
| 10 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 see | nsubj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 crowd | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 crowd | det |
| 13 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 one | nmod |
| 14 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 see | aux |
| 15 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 climbed | advcl |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 see | obj |
| 17 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 18 again | advmod |
| 18 | again | again | ADV | _ | 15 see | advmod |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 all | case |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | past | He | the lid | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | seal | past | He not said here | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | see | could | no one in the crowd | him = he | all | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He jumped in and vanished from sight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 jumped | nsubj |
| 2 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 2 jumped | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 vanished | cc |
| 5 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 jumped | conj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 sight | case |
| 7 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 vanished | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump in | past | He | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | vanish | past | He not said here | sight | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from sight=Initial_Location |
Option 4
He dived in and got swallowed by a cloud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 dived | nsubj |
| 2 | dived | dive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 2 dived | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 swallowed | cc |
| 5 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 swallowed | aux:pass |
| 6 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 dived | conj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 cloud | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 cloud | det |
| 9 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swallowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dive in | past | He | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | swallow | past · passive | a cloud | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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