Test 6 · ★ · English Folk Tales, The Lost Moon: the Evil Things bury th…
Lol, the folk went all skeery. What did they see in the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: folk, they · What happens: go, see · To what, where: skeery, end
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 251 «English Folk Tales, The Lost Moon: the Evil Things bury the Moon in the bog, and the marsh folk find her again» 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
Sentence 1: Lol, the folk went all skeery.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lol | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 folk | det |
| 4 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | nsubj |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 skeery | det |
| 7 | skeery | skeery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the folk | all skeery | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location skeery=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: What did they see in the end?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 see | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 end | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 end | det |
| 7 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · do-support | they | in the end | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
a coffin shape and a cross
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 shape | det |
| 2 | coffin | coffin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shape | compound |
| 3 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 cross | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cross | det |
| 6 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shape | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a grave shape and a bell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 shape | det |
| 2 | grave | grave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 shape | amod |
| 3 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 bell | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bell | det |
| 6 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shape | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
a box shape and a rod
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 shape | det |
| 2 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shape | compound |
| 3 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 rod | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 rod | det |
| 6 | rod | rod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shape | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a black cross
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cross | det |
| 2 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cross | amod |
| 3 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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