Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded…
No way, did the fox make it out alive?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: way · What happens: do, make out · To what, where: fox
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 way | det |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 make | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 way | punct |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 way | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fox | det |
| 6 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 make | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 make | compound:prt |
| 10 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 make | xcomp |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | no way not said here | the fox | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | make out | present | no way | fox | alive property | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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
Nope, he was trapped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 trapped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 trapped | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 trapped | aux:pass |
| 5 | trapped | trap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trap | past · passive | he | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, he escaped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 escaped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | 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 |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | past | he | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No way, he got scalded
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 way | det |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 scalded | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 way | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 scalded | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 scalded | aux:pass |
| 6 | scalded | scald | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scald | past · passive | he | no way obl:unmarked | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, he ran far away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 ran | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 away | advmod |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 ran | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | he | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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