Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch m…
ngl the stork was lowkey the funniest part, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, stork · What happens: ngl, be · To what, where: funniest part
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | ngl | ngl | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 stork | det |
| 3 | stork | stork | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 part | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 part | cop |
| 5 | lowkey | lowkey | ADV | _ | 8 part | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 part | det |
| 7 | funniest | funny | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 part | amod |
| 8 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ngl | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 ngl | punct |
| 10 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 1 ngl | discourse |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 ngl | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ngl | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | the stork | the funniest part | lowkey property | 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
nah, the funniest bit was when the princess screeched at the vizier's son in the garden
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 9 princess | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bit | det |
| 4 | funniest | funny | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 bit | amod |
| 5 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 princess | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 princess | cop |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 princess | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 princess | det |
| 9 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | screeched | screech | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 princess | acl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 son | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 vizier | det |
| 13 | vizier | vizier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 son | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 vizier | case |
| 15 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 screeched | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 garden | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 garden | det |
| 18 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 screeched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the funniest bit | the princess | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | screech | participle | the princess not said here | the garden | at the vizier's son | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at son=Stimulus |
Option 2
yeah, the caliph copied him strutting around the court while everyone laughed behind their hands
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 copied | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 copied | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 caliph | det |
| 4 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 copied | nsubj |
| 5 | copied | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 copied | obj |
| 7 | strutting | strut | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 copied | advcl |
| 8 | around | around | ADP | _ | 10 court | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 court | det |
| 10 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 strutting | obl |
| 11 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 laughed | mark |
| 12 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 13 laughed | nsubj |
| 13 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 copied | advcl |
| 14 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 16 hands | case |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 hands | nmod:poss |
| 16 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 laughed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | past | the caliph | him = he | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | strut | gerund | the caliph not said here | the court | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around court=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | laugh | past | everyone | their hands | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
yeah, the vizier did a funny dance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 vizier | det |
| 4 | vizier | vizier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dance | det |
| 7 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dance | amod |
| 8 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the vizier | a funny dance | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, the caliph copied him strutting around
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 copied | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 copied | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 caliph | det |
| 4 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 copied | nsubj |
| 5 | copied | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 copied | obj |
| 7 | strutting | strut | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 copied | advcl |
| 8 | around | around | ADV | _ | 7 strutting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | past | the caliph | him = he | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | strut around | gerund | the caliph not said here | around property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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