Test 9 · ★ · Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the f…

what came flying out when the bags popped open?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bags · What happens: come, fly out, pop

This is test 9 · ★ 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 came	xcomp
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 flying	compound:prt
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 popped	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bags	det
7	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 popped	nsubj
8	popped	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 flying	advcl
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 popped	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	come	past			tree rules
2	fly out	gerund			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	pop	past	the bags	open property	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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

whistling winds that rushed out and scattered all the ships across the wide sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	whistling	whistle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 winds	amod
2	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 rushed	nsubj
4	rushed	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 winds	acl:relcl
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 rushed	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 scattered	cc
7	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rushed	conj
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 ships	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ships	det
10	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scattered	obj
11	across	across	ADP	_	14 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
13	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sea	amod
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	whistle	gerund				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rush out	past	whistling winds			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	scatter	past	whistling winds not said here	all ships	the wide sea	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ship=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

whistling winds that scattered the ships

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	whistling	whistle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 winds	amod
2	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scattered	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 scattered	nsubj
4	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ships	det
6	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scattered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whistle	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	scatter	past	whistling winds	the ships					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ship=Theme

Option 3

a thick fog that covered the sea and hid the coast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fog	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fog	amod
3	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hid	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 covered	nsubj
5	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fog	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 covered	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 covered	cc
9	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 coast	det
11	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past	a thick fog	the sea					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Destination
2	hide	past	a thick fog	the coast					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coast=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

loud storms that sank the boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 storms	amod
2	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sank	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 sank	nsubj
4	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boat	det
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sank	obj

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

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