Test 6 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bulle…
So he fired once and hit the spot, didn't he? That's grand, but was it lucky or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he, That, spot · What happens: fire, hit, not do, be · To what, where: spot
This is test 6 · ★ 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: So he fired once and hit the spot, didn't he?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 fired | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fired | nsubj |
| 3 | fired | fire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 fired | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hit | cc |
| 6 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fired | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 spot | det |
| 8 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hit | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 did | punct |
| 10 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fired | conj |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 did | advmod |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 did | nsubj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fired | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fire | past | he | once property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | hit | past | he not said here | the spot | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme spot=Co-Theme | ||||
| 3 | not do | past | he | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: That's grand, but was it lucky or what?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 grand | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 grand | cop |
| 3 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 lucky | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 lucky | cc |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 lucky | cop |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 lucky | nsubj |
| 8 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 grand | conj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 what | cc |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 lucky | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 grand | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | grand property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | spot | lucky property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He had one chance and he took it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 chance | nummod |
| 4 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 took | cc |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 took | nsubj |
| 7 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 had | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 took | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | He | one chance | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient | ||||
| 2 | take | past | he | chance | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Just lucky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 lucky | advmod |
| 2 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
It was skill, he aimed well
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 | 3 skill | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 skill | cop |
| 3 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 skill | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 aimed | nsubj |
| 6 | aimed | aim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 skill | acl:relcl |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 aimed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | skill | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | aim | past | he | skill not said here | well property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot skill=Theme |
Option 4
He aimed it well and it went true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 aimed | nsubj |
| 2 | aimed | aim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 aimed | obj |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 aimed | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 went | cc |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 went | nsubj |
| 7 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 aimed | conj |
| 8 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 went | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | aim | past | He | it | well property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | |||
| 2 | go | past | it | true property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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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