Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and the Apples, part 23:…
Did the oldest brother actually break his leg, lol?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: break · To what, where: leg
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 256 «Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and the Apples, part 23: the bear's forest, the watch in the tree and the handkerchief test» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 break | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 brother | det |
| 3 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 brother | amod |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Did | obj |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 6 break | advmod |
| 6 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 leg | nmod:poss |
| 8 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 break | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 break | punct |
| 10 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 6 break | discourse |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 break | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past · do-support | his leg | actually property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=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 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he stepped on it and went down hard and broke his arm and his leg, lol
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 stepped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stepped | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stepped | nsubj |
| 4 | stepped | step | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stepped | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 went | cc |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stepped | conj |
| 9 | down | down | ADV | _ | 8 went | advmod |
| 10 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 went | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 broke | cc |
| 12 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 went | conj |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 arm | nmod:poss |
| 14 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 broke | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 leg | cc |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 leg | nmod:poss |
| 17 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 arm | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stepped | punct |
| 19 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 stepped | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | step | past | he | it | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | go down | past | he not said here | down, hard property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | break | past | he not said here | his arm and his leg | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient |
Option 2
Nah, he didn't break anything, he just stepped off it in a huff and went home to the castle, lol
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 break | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 break | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 break | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 break | advmod |
| 6 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 break | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 stepped | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 stepped | nsubj |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 stepped | advmod |
| 11 | stepped | step | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 break | parataxis |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 stepped | compound:prt |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 stepped | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 huff | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 huff | det |
| 16 | huff | huff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stepped | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 went | cc |
| 18 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 stepped | conj |
| 19 | home | home | ADV | _ | 18 went | advmod |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 castle | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 castle | det |
| 22 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 went | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 break | punct |
| 24 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 6 break | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not break | past · do-support | he | anything | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Patient | ||||
| 2 | step off | past | he | it | a huff | tree rules | |||
| 3 | go | past | he not said here | the castle | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Nah, he just twisted his ankle, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 twisted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 twisted | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 twisted | advmod |
| 5 | twisted | twist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ankle | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ankle | ankle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 twisted | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 twisted | punct |
| 9 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 twisted | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | twist | past | he | his ankle | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ankle=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he stepped on it and went down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 stepped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stepped | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stepped | nsubj |
| 4 | stepped | step | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stepped | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 went | cc |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stepped | conj |
| 9 | down | down | ADV | _ | 8 went | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | step | past | he | it | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | go down | past | he not said here | down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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