Test 11 · ★ · Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the f…

how'd the giants sink the boats?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: giants · What happens: sink · To what, where: boats

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 sink	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 sink	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giants	det
4	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sink	nsubj
5	sink	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boats	det
7	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sink	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sink	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	present	the giants	the boats					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent boat=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.

The options

Option 1

dragged the ships onto the rocks with long hooks and ropes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ships	det
3	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 dragged	obj
4	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 rocks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rocks	det
6	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 dragged	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hooks	case
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hooks	amod
9	hooks	hook	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rocks	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ropes	cc
11	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hooks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past		the ships		the rocks with long hooks and ropes			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

chucked huge rocks off the high cliffs onto the boats in the harbour below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rocks	amod
3	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 chucked	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	7 cliffs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cliffs	det
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cliffs	amod
7	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 chucked	obl
8	onto	onto	ADP	_	10 boats	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boats	det
10	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 chucked	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 harbour	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 harbour	det
13	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 chucked	obl
14	below	below	ADV	_	13 harbour	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past		huge rocks		the boats		off the high cliffs; in the harbour	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent rock=Theme off cliff=Initial_Location onto boat=Destination

Option 3

shot arrows from the rocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrows	compound
2	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 rocks	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rocks	det
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arrows	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

chucked huge rocks off the cliffs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rocks	amod
3	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 chucked	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 cliffs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cliffs	det
6	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 chucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past		huge rocks		the cliffs			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent rock=Theme off cliff=Initial_Location

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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