Test 1 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pygmies try to finish o…
Dude, did you see the Pygmies try to roast Hercules? Proper mad, innit?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Pygmies · What happens: see, try, roast, innit · To what, where: Hercules
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2054 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pygmies try to finish off the sleeping Hercules, but he wakes, laughs at their champion, spares them, and leaves» 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: Dude, did you see the Pygmies try to roast Hercules?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dude | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Pygmies | det |
| 7 | Pygmies | pygmy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 try | nsubj |
| 8 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | parataxis |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 roast | mark |
| 10 | roast | roast | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 try | xcomp |
| 11 | Hercules | Hercules | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 roast | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · do-support | you | Dude vocative | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | try | present | the Pygmies | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | roast not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Pygmies not said here | Hercules | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hercules=Patient |
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: Proper mad, innit?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proper | properly | ADV | _ | 2 mad | advmod |
| 2 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 innit | punct |
| 4 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 mad | discourse |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 mad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | innit | infinitive | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, the fire went up like a bonfire on Bonfire Night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fire | det |
| 4 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | nsubj |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 went | compound:prt |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 bonfire | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bonfire | det |
| 9 | bonfire | bonfire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 Night | case |
| 11 | Bonfire | Bonfire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Night | compound |
| 12 | Night | Night | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go up | past | the fire | on Bonfire Night | like a bonfire | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 2
Yeah, it went up like a massive bonfire, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | 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 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 went | compound:prt |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 bonfire | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bonfire | det |
| 8 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bonfire | amod |
| 9 | bonfire | bonfire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 innit | punct |
| 11 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bonfire | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go up | past | it | like a massive bonfire and innit | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
Yeah, it was mental
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 mental | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mental | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 mental | cop |
| 5 | mental | mental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | mental property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yeah, the flames blazed up like fireworks at a party
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 blazed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 blazed | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 flames | det |
| 4 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 blazed | nsubj |
| 5 | blazed | blaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 blazed | compound:prt |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 fireworks | case |
| 8 | fireworks | firework | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 blazed | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 party | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 party | det |
| 11 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 blazed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blaze up | past | the flames | a party | like fireworks | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at party=Location |
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