Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches…
so like, what did Peter yell when the swan screamed?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Peter, swan · What happens: yell, scream
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1902 «Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches a crowd and the Princess laughs at last» 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 | _ | 7 yell | advmod |
| 2 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 7 yell | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 like | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 yell | obj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 yell | aux |
| 6 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 yell | nsubj |
| 7 | yell | yell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 screamed | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 swan | det |
| 10 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 screamed | nsubj |
| 11 | screamed | scream | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 yell | advcl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 yell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | past · do-support | Peter | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | |||||
| 2 | scream speech: express | participle | the swan | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
"Swan, hold fast," innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 hold | punct |
| 2 | Swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hold | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Swan | punct |
| 4 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 hold | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 innit | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 innit | punct |
| 8 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold in a quote | infinitive | Swan | innit | fast property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
"Hold fast, swan," bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Hold | punct |
| 2 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 Hold | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 swan | punct |
| 5 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Hold | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bruv | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 bruv | punct |
| 8 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Hold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold in a quote | imperative | you not said here | swan | bruv obl; fast property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
"Swan, hold fast, mate," yeah
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 hold | punct |
| 2 | Swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hold | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Swan | punct |
| 4 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 hold | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mate | punct |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hold | vocative |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hold | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 hold | punct |
| 10 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 hold | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold in a quote | infinitive | Swan | mate vocative; fast property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
"Swan, let go," yeah
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 let | punct |
| 2 | Swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 let | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Swan | punct |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 let | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 let | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 let | punct |
| 8 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 let | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | imperative | you not said here | Swan | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go in a quote | infinitive | Swan not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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