Test 2 · ★ · Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 14: Europa rides a s…
so why'd Europa even hop on the bull
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: hop · To what, where: Europa
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2055 «Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 14: Europa rides a snow-white bull into the sea» 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 hop | advmod |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 hop | advmod |
| 3 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 4 Europa | punct |
| 4 | Europa | Europa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 hop | obl |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 hop | advmod |
| 6 | hop | hop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 bull | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bull | det |
| 9 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hop | present | Europa | on the bull | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bull=Trajectory |
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
cuz she wanted to see the sea up close
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cuz | cuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADV | _ | 9 close | advmod |
| 9 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | cuz | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | cuz not said here | the sea | close property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus |
Option 2
cuz the bull was so big and she was super curious about the whole thing
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cuz | cuz | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bull | det |
| 3 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 big | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 big | cop |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 big | advmod |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 cuz | ccomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 curious | cc |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 curious | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 curious | cop |
| 10 | super | super | ADV | _ | 11 curious | advmod |
| 11 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 big | conj |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 15 thing | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 thing | det |
| 14 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 thing | amod |
| 15 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 curious | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cuz | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the bull | big property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | past | she | about the whole thing; curious, super property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
cuz she wanted to ride him all the way to the far end of the world
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cuz | cuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 ride | mark |
| 5 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ride | obj |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 way | det:predet |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 way | det |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ride | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 end | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 end | det |
| 12 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 end | amod |
| 13 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ride | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 world | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 world | det |
| 16 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 end | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | cuz | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ride not said to happen | to-infinitive | cuz not said here | him = he | to the far end of the world | all way obl:unmarked | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme to end=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
cuz it was the fastest way back to her bros
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cuz | cuz | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 way | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 way | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 way | det |
| 5 | fastest | fast | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 way | amod |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 cuz | ccomp |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 cuz | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 bros | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 bros | nmod:poss |
| 10 | bros | bro | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 cuz | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cuz | imperative | you not said here | to her bros | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | the fastest way | tree rules |
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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