Test 8 · ★ · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries…
so is Ceres just too busy to notice?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ceres · What happens: be, notice
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 2070 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries Proserpina to his gloomy palace» 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 busy | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 busy | cop |
| 3 | Ceres | Ceres | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 busy | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 busy | advmod |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 busy | advmod |
| 6 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 notice | mark |
| 8 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 busy | advcl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 busy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ceres | busy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | notice | to-infinitive | Ceres not said here | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she's making the corn grow, so she missed it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 making | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 making | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 making | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 making | aux |
| 5 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 corn | det |
| 7 | corn | corn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grow | nsubj |
| 8 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 making | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 missed | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 missed | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 missed | nsubj |
| 12 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 making | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 missed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · progressive | she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | grow | present | the corn | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | miss | past | corn | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yep, she's busy with the wheat, so she didn't see
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 5 busy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 busy | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 busy | cop |
| 5 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 wheat | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wheat | det |
| 8 | wheat | wheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 busy | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 see | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 see | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 see | nsubj |
| 12 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 see | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 see | advmod |
| 14 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 busy | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | she | with the wheat; busy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not see | past · do-support | she | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Yeah, she's busy with the harvest, lowkey tired
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 busy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 busy | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 busy | cop |
| 5 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 harvest | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 harvest | det |
| 8 | harvest | harvest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 busy | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 tired | punct |
| 10 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tired | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 busy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | she | with the harvest; busy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | she not said here | lowkey | tree rules |
Option 4
Yeah, she's out in the fields making the grain grow tall, so she totally missed her daughter, bro
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 out | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 out | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 out | cop |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 9 making | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 fields | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fields | det |
| 8 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 out | obl |
| 9 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 grow | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 grain | det |
| 11 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 making | obj |
| 12 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 grow | xcomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 missed | punct |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 missed | advmod |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 missed | nsubj |
| 17 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 18 missed | advmod |
| 18 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 grow | parataxis |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 20 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 missed | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 bro | punct |
| 22 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 daughter | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | she | the fields | out property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | make | gerund | the grain | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset grain=Product | |||||
| 3 | grow | present | tall property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | miss | past | she | her daughter and bro | totally property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus |
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