Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch m…
bro why were the crows flying to the mountain
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, crows · What happens: be, fly · To what, where: crows
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1874 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch makes Jenik rich, then his wife steals it and leaves him alone» 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 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 crows | nsubj |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 1 bro | advmod |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 crows | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 crows | det |
| 5 | crows | crow | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 crows | acl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 mountain | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 mountain | det |
| 9 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | bro | the crows | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fly | gerund | the crows not said here | to the mountain result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to mountain=Result |
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
because the serpent's king ordered them to carry Jenik's watch to the southern kingdom across the sea
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 ordered | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 serpent | det |
| 3 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 king | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 serpent | case |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ordered | nsubj |
| 6 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 ordered | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 carry | mark |
| 9 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 ordered | xcomp |
| 10 | Jenik | Jenik | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 watch | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Jenik | case |
| 12 | watch | watch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 carry | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 kingdom | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 kingdom | det |
| 15 | southern | southern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 kingdom | amod |
| 16 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 carry | obl |
| 17 | across | across | ADP | _ | 19 sea | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 sea | det |
| 19 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 carry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | the serpent's king | them = they | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | carry not said to happen | to-infinitive | the serpent's king not said here | Jenik's watch | the sea | to the southern kingdom | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent watch=Theme to kingdom=Destination |
Option 2
because winter came and they fly to other countries to find food and warmer weather for the season
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 came | mark |
| 2 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fly | cc |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fly | nsubj |
| 6 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | conj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 countries | case |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 countries | amod |
| 9 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fly | obl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 find | mark |
| 11 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 fly | advcl |
| 12 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 find | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 weather | cc |
| 14 | warmer | warm | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 15 weather | amod |
| 15 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 food | conj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 season | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 season | det |
| 18 | season | season | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 find | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | winter | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fly | present | they | to other countries result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to country=Result | ||||
| 3 | find | to-infinitive | they not said here | food and warmer weather | season | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
because winter came and they fly to other countries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 came | mark |
| 2 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fly | cc |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fly | nsubj |
| 6 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | conj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 countries | case |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 countries | amod |
| 9 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fly | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | winter | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fly | present | they | to other countries result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to country=Result |
Option 4
they wanted to find the lost watch in the snow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 find | mark |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 watch | det |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 watch | amod |
| 7 | watch | watch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 find | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 snow | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 snow | det |
| 10 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 watch | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | they | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | find not said to happen | to-infinitive | they not said here | the lost watch | the snow | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Topic | |||
| 3 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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