Test 5 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to l…

ngl the rock sounds like it's cursed or something, what's up with it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, rock · What happens: ngl, sound, curse, be · To what, where: rock

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 2043 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to lift a heavy rock that his mother says hides the way to Athens» 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	ngl	ngl	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rock	det
3	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sounds	nsubj
4	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 ngl	acl:relcl
5	like	like	SCONJ	_	8 cursed	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cursed	nsubj:pass
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cursed	aux
8	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sounds	advcl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 something	cc
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 cursed	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 up	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 up	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 up	cop
14	up	up	ADV	_	10 something	advmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 up	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ngl	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	sound	present	the rock			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	curse	present · passive		rock		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	is	present			with rock; up property	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 · ✓ the right answer

Just sunk deep and mossy, with ferns growing on it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	3 deep	advmod
2	sunk	sunk	ADV	_	3 deep	advmod
3	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 mossy	cc
5	mossy	mossy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 deep	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ferns	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 ferns	case
8	ferns	fern	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deep	parataxis
9	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 ferns	acl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 growing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund	ferns not said here			it			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location

Option 2

Kinda, it's got a spell on it, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	_	5 got	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Kinda	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 got	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 got	aux
5	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 spell	det
7	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 spell	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · passive	it	a spell and mate		it		kinda property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on it=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah it's cursed for sure, a witch put a spell on it and nobody can move it at all

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 cursed	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cursed	nsubj:pass
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cursed	aux
4	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 put	advcl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 sure	case
6	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cursed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 put	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 witch	det
9	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 put	nsubj
10	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 spell	det
12	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 put	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 put	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 move	cc
16	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	18 move	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 move	aux
18	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 put	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 move	obj
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 all	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	curse	present · passive		it		for sure	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for sure=Attribute
2	put	infinitive	a witch	a spell	spell		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on it=Destination
3	move	can	nobody	spell	all		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Nope, just a normal rock, it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	10 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 rock	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rock	det
5	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rock	amod
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nope	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fine	expl
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules

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