Test 3 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes…

ngl that dragon was mad big, like a bus with teeth

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: be

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2084 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes the Golden Fleece with Medea's magic and sails away» 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	ngl	ngl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 big	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 dragon	det
3	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ngl	appos
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 big	cop
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 big	amod
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bus	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 bus	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bus	det
10	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 big	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 teeth	case
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bus	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	ngl					like a bus with teeth; big property	tree rules

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

no cap, his body was longer than the galley and his tail wrapped round the whole tree trunk

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 galley	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 body	punct
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 body	nmod:poss
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cap	conj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 galley	cop
7	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 galley	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 galley	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 galley	det
10	galley	galley	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tail	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 tail	nmod:poss
13	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 galley	conj
14	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 galley	acl
15	round	round	ADP	_	19 trunk	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 trunk	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 trunk	amod
18	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 trunk	compound
19	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wrapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	no cap and his body					than the galley and his tail; long property	tree rules
2	wrap	participle		the galley and his tail not said here		the whole tree trunk			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round trunk=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

no cap, his head was like the palace gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gate	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 head	punct
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 head	nmod:poss
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cap	appos
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 gate	cop
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gate	compound
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	no cap					like the palace gate	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

nah bro, he was actually not that big, more like a regular dog with a loud bark

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 big	discourse
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 nah	vocative
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 big	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 big	cop
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	9 big	advmod
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 big	advmod
8	that	that	ADV	_	9 big	advmod
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 more	punct
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 big	advmod
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 dog	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dog	det
14	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 dog	amod
15	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 big	obl
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 bark	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 bark	det
18	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 bark	amod
19	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dog	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	he					like a regular dog with a loud bark; actually, big, that property	tree rules

Option 4

nah, he was honestly kinda cute ngl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 ngl	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ngl	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ngl	cop
5	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	7 cute	advmod
6	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	7 cute	advmod
7	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ngl	amod
8	ngl	ngl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	cute ngl					tree rules

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