Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bulle…
The eldest brother came home looking wrecked, right? Like dragging his feet?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: eldest brother · What happens: come, wreck, drag · To what, where: feet
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2013 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bullet and the cowboy's message» 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
Sentence 1: The eldest brother came home looking wrecked, right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 brother | det |
| 2 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 brother | amod |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 wrecked | advcl |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| 6 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 wrecked | aux:pass |
| 7 | wrecked | wreck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 wrecked | punct |
| 9 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 7 wrecked | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 wrecked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the eldest brother | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wreck | gerund · passive | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP» |
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.
Sentence 2: Like dragging his feet?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | SCONJ | _ | 2 dragging | mark |
| 2 | dragging | drag | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 feet | nmod:poss |
| 4 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 dragging | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 dragging | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | gerund | brother's feet | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he looked like death warmed up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 looked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 looked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 looked | nsubj |
| 4 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 death | case |
| 6 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looked | obl |
| 7 | warmed | warm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 looked | xcomp |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 warmed | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | he | like death | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | warm up | participle | he not said here | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Yeah, he looked hungry and tired
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 looked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 looked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 looked | nsubj |
| 4 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 looked | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tired | cc |
| 7 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hungry | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | he | hungry property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yeah, he looked like death warmed up after a long walk home in the rain
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 looked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 looked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 looked | nsubj |
| 4 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 death | case |
| 6 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looked | obl |
| 7 | warmed | warm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 death | acl |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 warmed | compound:prt |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 walk | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 walk | det |
| 11 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 walk | amod |
| 12 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 warmed | obl |
| 13 | home | home | ADV | _ | 12 walk | advmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 rain | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 rain | det |
| 16 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | he | like death; in the rain | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in rain=Theme | ||||
| 2 | warm up | participle | death not said here | after a long walk | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Yeah, he looked pale and worn out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 looked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 looked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 looked | nsubj |
| 4 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 looked | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 worn | cc |
| 7 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 looked | conj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 worn | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | he | pale property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | wear out | participle | he not said here | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
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