Test 1 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 33: Ceres te…
Yo, so the queen grabbed the baby out the fire, was he cooked or what?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: queen · What happens: grab out, cook · To what, where: baby, fire
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2074 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 33: Ceres tests the baby in the fire, then lets the earth go barren» 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 | Yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 6 grabbed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yo | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 grabbed | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 queen | det |
| 5 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grabbed | nsubj |
| 6 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 fire | csubj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 baby | det |
| 8 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grabbed | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 grabbed | compound:prt |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fire | det |
| 11 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cooked | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fire | punct |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 cooked | aux:pass |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 cooked | nsubj |
| 15 | cooked | cook | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 what | cc |
| 17 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 cooked | obl:agent |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 15 cooked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab out | past | the queen | the baby | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cook | past · passive | the fire | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument subject=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 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he was totally fine, no burns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 fine | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fine | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 fine | cop |
| 5 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 6 fine | advmod |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 burns | punct |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 burns | det |
| 9 | burns | burn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fine | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | fine, totally property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, mate, he was fine, but the queen dropped him right in the embers and screamed for help
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 fine | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nah | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fine | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 fine | cop |
| 7 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 dropped | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 dropped | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 queen | det |
| 11 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 dropped | nsubj |
| 12 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 fine | parataxis |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 dropped | obj |
| 14 | right | right | ADV | _ | 17 embers | advmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 embers | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 embers | det |
| 17 | embers | ember | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 dropped | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 screamed | cc |
| 19 | screamed | scream | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 dropped | conj |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 help | case |
| 21 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 screamed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drop | past | the queen | him = he | the embers | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in ember=Destination | |||
| 3 | scream speech: express | participle | the queen not said here | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
Option 3
Yeah, he got roasted proper bad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 roasted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 roasted | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 roasted | aux:pass |
| 5 | roasted | roast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 7 bad | advmod |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 roasted | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roast | past · passive | he | bad property | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
Yeah, he was properly cooked, all black and crispy, and the queen was devastated
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 cooked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 cooked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cooked | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 cooked | aux:pass |
| 5 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 6 cooked | advmod |
| 6 | cooked | cook | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 all | punct |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 cooked | obj |
| 9 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 all | amod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 crispy | cc |
| 11 | crispy | crispy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 black | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 devastated | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 devastated | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 queen | det |
| 15 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 devastated | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 devastated | aux:pass |
| 17 | devastated | devastate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 cooked | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cook | past · passive | he | properly property | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary all=Product | ||||
| 2 | devastate | past · passive | the queen | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
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