Test 10 · ★ · pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace re…
so the blackbird woke up when it touched the posh cage, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: blackbird · What happens: wake up, touch · To what, where: posh cage
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1897 «pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace returns home, and the youngest son meets the hare and the Porcelain Maiden» 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 | _ | 4 woke | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 blackbird | det |
| 3 | blackbird | blackbird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 woke | nsubj |
| 4 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 woke | compound:prt |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 touched | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 touched | nsubj |
| 8 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 woke | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cage | det |
| 10 | posh | posh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 cage | amod |
| 11 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 touched | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 touched | punct |
| 13 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 touched | discourse |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 woke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake up | past | the blackbird | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | touch | past | blackbird | the posh cage | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cage=Co-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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, it started whistling and everyone came running
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 started | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 started | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 started | nsubj |
| 4 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | whistling | whistle | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 started | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 came | cc |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 started | conj |
| 9 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 came | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | it | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | whistle | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | come | past | everyone | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | run | gerund | everyone not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, it flapped about and squawked a bit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 flapped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 flapped | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flapped | nsubj |
| 4 | flapped | flap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 flapped | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 squawked | cc |
| 7 | squawked | squawk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 flapped | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bit | det |
| 9 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 squawked | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flap | past | it | about property | vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | squawk | past | a bit | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yeah, it started singing and the servants woke up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 started | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 started | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 started | nsubj |
| 4 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | singing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 started | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 woke | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 servants | det |
| 8 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 woke | nsubj |
| 9 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 started | conj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 woke | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | it | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | gerund | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | wake up | past | the servants | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, the lord woke and shooed it off the perch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 woke | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lord | det |
| 4 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 woke | nsubj |
| 5 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 shooed | cc |
| 7 | shooed | shoo | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 woke | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 shooed | obj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 perch | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 perch | det |
| 11 | perch | perch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shooed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake | past | the lord | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | shoo | past | the lord not said here | it | the perch | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Theme off perch=Initial_Location |
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