Test 11 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack…
what's the deal with that cave then, bruv?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: deal · What happens: be
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1958 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack outwits a second giant and finds the captives» 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 what | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 deal | det |
| 4 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 what | nsubj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 cave | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 cave | det |
| 7 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deal | nmod |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 what | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bruv | punct |
| 10 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 what | appos |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the deal with that cave | then | 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 · ✓ the right answer
there's a giant in it, with goggle eyes and a big club
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 's | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 giant | det |
| 4 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 's | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 giant | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 eyes | punct |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 eyes | case |
| 9 | goggle | goggle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 eyes | compound |
| 10 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 's | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 club | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 club | det |
| 13 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 club | amod |
| 14 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 eyes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a giant | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
nah, it's just rocks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 rocks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 rocks | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 rocks | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 rocks | advmod |
| 6 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | rocks | tree rules |
Option 3
there's a dragon in it, with fire and a big tail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 's | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dragon | det |
| 4 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 's | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dragon | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fire | punct |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 fire | case |
| 9 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 's | parataxis |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 tail | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 tail | det |
| 12 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 tail | amod |
| 13 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fire | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a dragon in it | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
there's a witch in it, with a black hat and a stick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 's | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 witch | det |
| 4 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 's | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 witch | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hat | punct |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 hat | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 hat | det |
| 10 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 hat | amod |
| 11 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 's | parataxis |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 stick | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 stick | det |
| 14 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a witch in it | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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