Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war,…
Did the Ambassador just dip and get out of there?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ambassador · What happens: dip, get out
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dip | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Ambassador | det |
| 3 | Ambassador | Ambassador | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 dip | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 dip | advmod |
| 5 | dip | dip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 get | cc |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 dip | conj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 there | case |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 there | case |
| 10 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 get | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 dip | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dip | past · do-support | the Ambassador | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get out | infinitive | the Ambassador not said here | 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, he didn't leave at all, he hung about for ages in the town
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 leave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 leave | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 leave | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 leave | advmod |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 leave | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hung | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hung | nsubj |
| 11 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 leave | advcl |
| 12 | about | about | ADV | _ | 11 hung | advmod |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 ages | case |
| 14 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 hung | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 town | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 town | det |
| 17 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hung | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not leave | past · do-support | he | all | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location | ||||
| 2 | hang about | past | he | the town | for ages | about property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in town=Location |
Option 2
Yeah, he bolted as quick as his horses could carry him, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 bolted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bolted | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bolted | nsubj |
| 4 | bolted | bolt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADV | _ | 6 quick | advmod |
| 6 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bolted | xcomp |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 carry | mark |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 horses | nmod:poss |
| 9 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 carry | nsubj |
| 10 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 carry | aux |
| 11 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 quick | advcl |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 carry | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 mate | punct |
| 14 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bolted | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bolt | past | he | mate vocative; quick property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry | could | his horses | him = he | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, he rode off fast on his horses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 rode | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rode | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rode | nsubj |
| 4 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 rode | compound:prt |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 rode | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 horses | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 horses | nmod:poss |
| 9 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 rode | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride off | past | he | on his horses; fast property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he bolted quick as his horses could go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 bolted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bolted | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bolted | nsubj |
| 4 | bolted | bolt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bolted | xcomp |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 go | mark |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 horses | nmod:poss |
| 8 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 go | nsubj |
| 9 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 go | aux |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 bolted | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bolt | past | he | quick property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | could | his horses | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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