Test 10 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 33: Ceres te…
Bare sad that the queen's own kid had to lose out, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: own kid · What happens: have, lose out
This is test 10 · ★ 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 | Bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sad | amod |
| 2 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 had | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 queen | det |
| 5 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kid | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 queen | case |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 kid | amod |
| 8 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 had | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sad | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 lose | mark |
| 11 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 had | xcomp |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 lose | compound:prt |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 lose | punct |
| 14 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 11 lose | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 sad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the queen's own kid | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | lose out | to-infinitive | the queen's own kid not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
Yeah, he lost his chance at living forever, cos his mum got all emotional and burned him
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 lost | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lost | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 chance | nmod:poss |
| 6 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 living | case |
| 8 | living | living | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obl |
| 9 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 4 lost | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 cos | punct |
| 11 | cos | co | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | conj |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 mum | nmod:poss |
| 13 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 got | nsubj |
| 14 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 cos | ccomp |
| 15 | all | all | ADV | _ | 16 emotional | advmod |
| 16 | emotional | emotional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 got | xcomp |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 burned | cc |
| 18 | burned | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | conj |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 burned | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | he | his chance | living | forever property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Eventuality | ||
| 2 | co | present | he not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | get | past | his mum | emotional property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | burn | past | he not said here | him = he | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 5 | chance | his = he | nom chance «state intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Yeah, he lost his place in line
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 lost | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lost | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 place | nmod:poss |
| 6 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 line | case |
| 8 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | he | his place | line | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he lost his chance at living forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 lost | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lost | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 chance | nmod:poss |
| 6 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 living | case |
| 8 | living | living | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obl |
| 9 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 4 lost | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | he | his chance | living | forever property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Eventuality | ||
| 2 | chance | his = he | nom chance «state intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Yeah, he got no royal life at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 life | det |
| 6 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 life | amod |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | no royal life | all | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Theme at all=Asset |
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