Test 10 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, part 54: Vivien's bath,…

Yo, how did he try to reach land quick?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: try, reach · To what, where: land

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1917 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, part 54: Vivien's bath, the Black Bird's words, and a paper ship» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	6 try	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 try	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 try	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 try	nsubj
6	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 reach	mark
8	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 try	xcomp
9	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reach	obj
10	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 land	amod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past · do-support	he						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	reach not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	land					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent land=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 · ✓ the right answer

Jumped off the ship, mad fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jumped	jump	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	4 ship	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ship	det
4	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Jumped	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mad	punct
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ship	appos
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 mad	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump off	participle		the ship					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ship=Trajectory

Option 2

Rode a whale, proper cool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 whale	det
3	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rode	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Rode	punct
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cool	amod
6	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past		a whale				proper cool obl	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme

Option 3

Tied a rope and pulled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rope	det
3	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tied	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 pulled	cc
5	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tied	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle		a rope					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient
2	pull	participle							vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Shouted for a passing bird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	5 bird	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bird	det
4	passing	passing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bird	compound
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	participle						for a passing bird	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for bird=Recipient

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