Test 14 · ★ · Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded…
Yo, what sound did the fox make when he fell in?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sound, fox · What happens: do, make, fall in
This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1887 «Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded in the kettle» 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 | Yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 3 what | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yo | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 did | obj |
| 4 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fox | det |
| 7 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 make | nsubj |
| 8 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 did | ccomp |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 fell | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 fell | nsubj |
| 11 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 make | ccomp |
| 12 | in | in | ADV | _ | 11 fell | advmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | sound | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | present | the fox | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | fall in | past | fox | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Nothing at all, just a quiet splash in the water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Nothing | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 splash | punct |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 splash | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 splash | det |
| 7 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 splash | amod |
| 8 | splash | splash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 water | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 water | det |
| 11 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 splash | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A loud squeal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 squeal | det |
| 2 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 squeal | amod |
| 3 | squeal | squeal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A long pitiful howl that echoed through the valley
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 howl | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 howl | amod |
| 3 | pitiful | pitiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 howl | amod |
| 4 | howl | howl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 echoed | nsubj |
| 6 | echoed | echo | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 howl | acl:relcl |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 9 valley | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 valley | det |
| 9 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 echoed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | echo | past | a long pitiful howl | the valley | vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through valley=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A yelp of pain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 yelp | det |
| 2 | yelp | yelp | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 pain | case |
| 4 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 yelp | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yelp | pain | nom yelp «event intransitive»: of=agent |
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