Test 5 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a hu…
so what's the Pygmy yelling into the ear, like the actual words
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: Pygmy yelling, ear
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 2051 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant» 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 yelling | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 yelling | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 yelling | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 yelling | det |
| 5 | Pygmy | pygmy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 yelling | amod |
| 6 | yelling | yelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 ear | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ear | det |
| 9 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 yelling | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 words | punct |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 words | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 words | det |
| 13 | actual | actual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 words | amod |
| 14 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 yelling | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Pygmy yelling and the actual words | the ear | 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
"Wake up, we won the battle!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wake | punct |
| 2 | Wake | wake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 Wake | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 won | punct |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 won | nsubj |
| 6 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Wake | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 battle | det |
| 8 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 won | obj |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wake | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wake | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake up in a quote | imperative | you not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | win in a quote | past | we | the battle | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality |
Option 2
"Oi, lunch is ready, come and get it!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 ready | punct |
| 2 | Oi | oi | INTJ | _ | 6 ready | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Oi | punct |
| 4 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ready | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 ready | cop |
| 6 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 come | punct |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 ready | xcomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 get | cc |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 come | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 get | obj |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 ready | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 ready | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | lunch | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come in a quote | infinitive | lunch not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | get in a quote | infinitive | lunch not said here | lunch | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
"Get up this minute, and take your pine-tree walking stick!"
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Get | punct |
| 2 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 Get | compound:prt |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 minute | det |
| 5 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Get | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 take | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 take | cc |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 Get | conj |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 stick | nmod:poss |
| 10 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tree | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 pine | punct |
| 12 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 walking | compound |
| 13 | walking | walking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stick | compound |
| 14 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 take | obj |
| 15 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Get | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get up in a quote | imperative | you not said here | minute | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | take in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | your walking stick | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
"The cranes are coming, run for it!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 coming | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cranes | det |
| 3 | cranes | crane | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 coming | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 coming | aux |
| 5 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 run | punct |
| 7 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 coming | parataxis |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 run | obl |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 coming | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 coming | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in a quote | present · progressive | the cranes | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | run in a quote | infinitive | for it | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary |
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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