Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bulle…
Wait, did the sword stay cold or did it go hot?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, sword · What happens: wait, stay, go
This is test 3 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 stay | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 stay | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sword | det |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stay | nsubj |
| 6 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 7 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 stay | xcomp |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 go | cc |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 go | aux |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 go | nsubj |
| 11 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 12 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 go | xcomp |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stay | past · do-support | the sword | cold property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go | past · do-support | sword | hot property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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
It stayed cold, so it wasn't her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stayed | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 was | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 was | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 was | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 her | cop |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 was | advmod |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 stayed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | It | cold property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | her = she | tree rules |
Option 2
No, it went hot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 went | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | it | hot property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
It went hot, so yes it was her wife
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 went | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 wife | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 wife | advmod |
| 6 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 10 wife | discourse |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 wife | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 wife | cop |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 wife | nmod:poss |
| 10 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | It | hot property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | her wife | tree rules |
Option 4
It stayed cold, so it wasn't her, and the prince was glad of it
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stayed | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 her | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 her | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 her | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 her | cop |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 her | advmod |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stayed | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 glad | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 glad | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 prince | det |
| 13 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 glad | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 glad | cop |
| 15 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stayed | parataxis |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 it | case |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 glad | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | It | cold property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not is a | past | it | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | past | the prince | of it; glad property | tree rules |
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