Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack…
so the coat of darkness makes you invisible, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: coat · What happens: make · To what, where: you
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 makes | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 coat | det |
| 3 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 darkness | case |
| 5 | darkness | darkness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 coat | nmod |
| 6 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 makes | obj |
| 8 | invisible | invisible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 makes | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 invisible | punct |
| 10 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 makes | discourse |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the coat of darkness | you | invisible property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |
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, you can't be seen by anyone at all, it's proper wicked and well useful for sneaking about
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 seen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 seen | nsubj |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 seen | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 seen | advmod |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 seen | aux:pass |
| 7 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 anyone | case |
| 9 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 seen | obl:agent |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 all | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 anyone | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 wicked | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 wicked | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 wicked | cop |
| 15 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 wicked | amod |
| 16 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 seen | conj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 useful | cc |
| 18 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 useful | advmod |
| 19 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 wicked | conj |
| 20 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 21 sneaking | mark |
| 21 | sneaking | sneak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 useful | advcl |
| 22 | about | about | ADV | _ | 21 sneaking | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | can · passive | anyone | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | wicked property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | well property | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | sneak | gerund | about property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, you can't be seen, it's proper wicked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 seen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 seen | nsubj |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 seen | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 seen | advmod |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 seen | aux:pass |
| 7 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 wicked | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 seen | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 wicked | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 wicked | cop |
| 11 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 wicked | amod |
| 12 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | can · passive | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | wicked property | tree rules |
Option 3
yeah, you can't be seen by anyone at all, it's proper wicked and well useful for hiding
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 seen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 seen | nsubj |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 seen | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 seen | advmod |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 seen | aux:pass |
| 7 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 anyone | case |
| 9 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 seen | obl:agent |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 all | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 anyone | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 wicked | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 wicked | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 wicked | cop |
| 15 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 wicked | amod |
| 16 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 seen | conj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 useful | cc |
| 18 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 useful | advmod |
| 19 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 wicked | conj |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 hiding | case |
| 21 | hiding | hiding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 useful | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | can · passive | anyone | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | wicked property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | for hiding; well property | tree rules |
Option 4
yeah, you can fly high, it's proper cool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 fly | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 fly | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 fly | aux |
| 5 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fly | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 cool | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 cool | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 cool | cop |
| 10 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 11 cool | advmod |
| 11 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fly | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | can | you | high property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | cool, properly property | tree rules |
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