Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, Ki…
so the sailors were totally knocked out after that dust cloud, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: knock out · To what, where: sailors
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1889 «Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, King Bayard tells his tale, and a monkey leads the Prince away» 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 | _ | 6 knocked | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sailors | det |
| 3 | sailors | sailor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 knocked | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 knocked | aux:pass |
| 5 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 6 knocked | advmod |
| 6 | knocked | knock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 knocked | compound:prt |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 cloud | case |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 cloud | det |
| 10 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cloud | compound |
| 11 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 knocked | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 knocked | punct |
| 13 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 knocked | discourse |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 knocked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock out | past · passive | the sailors | after that dust cloud | totally property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
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
yeah, they fell asleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 fell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 fell | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fell | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | they | asleep property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
nah, they were fine and carried on sailing like nothing had happened at all
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 fine | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fine | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fine | cop |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 happened | nsubj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 carried | cc |
| 7 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 fine | conj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 sailing | case |
| 9 | sailing | sailing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 carried | obl |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 nothing | case |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 carried | obl |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 happened | aux |
| 13 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 all | case |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 happened | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | carry | participle | they not said here | sailing | like nothing | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | happen | past · perfect | fine | all | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, they went dead numb and passed out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 numb | amod |
| 6 | numb | numb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 went | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 passed | cc |
| 8 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 went | conj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 passed | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | they | numb property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pass out | participle | they not said here | vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
nah, they just got a bit sneezy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sneezy | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | sneezy | sneezy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | they | sneezy property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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