Test 5 · ★ · pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace re…
did the little hare really carry the youth seven hundred miles, like on his back?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, carry · To what, where: little hare, youth
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hare | det |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hare | amod |
| 4 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 did | obj |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 carry | advmod |
| 6 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 did | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 youth | det |
| 8 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 carry | obj |
| 9 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 hundred | compound |
| 10 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 miles | nummod |
| 11 | miles | mile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 youth | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 back | punct |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 back | case |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 back | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 back | nmod:poss |
| 16 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 carry | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the little hare | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | carry | present | the youth and hundred miles | like hare's back | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=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
Yeah, the hare let him ride on its back and they covered seven hundred miles by nightfall
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 let | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 let | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hare | det |
| 4 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 let | nsubj |
| 5 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 let | obj |
| 7 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 let | xcomp |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 back | case |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 back | nmod:poss |
| 10 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ride | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 covered | cc |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 covered | nsubj |
| 13 | covered | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 let | conj |
| 14 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 hundred | compound |
| 15 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 miles | nummod |
| 16 | miles | mile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 covered | obj |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 nightfall | case |
| 18 | nightfall | nightfall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 covered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | infinitive | the hare | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ride | infinitive | him = he not said here | hare's back | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | cover | past | they | hundred miles | by nightfall | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mile=Destination |
Option 2
Yeah, it hopped him across the valley
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 hopped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hopped | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hopped | nsubj |
| 4 | hopped | hop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hopped | obj |
| 6 | across | across | ADP | _ | 8 valley | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 valley | det |
| 8 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hopped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hop | past | it | him = he | the valley | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location he=Theme |
Option 3
Nah, it carried him in a cart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 carried | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 carried | nsubj |
| 4 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 carried | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cart | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cart | det |
| 8 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | it | him = he | a cart | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Value in cart=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, seven miles a bound, proper quick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 miles | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 miles | nummod |
| 4 | miles | mile | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bound | det |
| 6 | bound | bound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 miles | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 miles | punct |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 quick | amod |
| 9 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 miles | parataxis |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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