Test 10 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part 15: pirates capture…

Mint, how did John change the bubble game?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: John · What happens: change · To what, where: bubble game

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 324 «Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part 15: pirates capture Tiger Lily and leave her on the rock, but Peter tricks them» 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	Mint	mint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 change	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 change	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 change	aux
5	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 change	nsubj
6	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Mint	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 game	det
8	bubble	bubble	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 game	compound
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 change	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Mint	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past · do-support	John	the bubble game					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=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

He caught the bubble on his shoulder and tossed it back to the mermaids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bubble	det
4	bubble	bubble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 shoulder	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 shoulder	nmod:poss
7	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tossed	cc
9	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 caught	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tossed	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	9 tossed	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 mermaids	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mermaids	det
14	mermaids	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tossed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	He	the bubble		his shoulder			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bubble=Theme
2	toss back	past	He not said here	bubble	the mermaids				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to mermaid=Recipient

Option 2

He hit the bubble with his head and then bounced it off the rocks into the water

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hit	nsubj
2	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bubble	det
4	bubble	bubble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bounced	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 bounced	advmod
10	bounced	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hit	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bounced	obj
12	off	off	ADP	_	14 rocks	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rocks	det
14	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bounced	obl
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 water	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 water	det
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bounced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	He	the bubble				with his head	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bubble=Patient with head=Instrument
2	bounce	past	He not said here	bubble		the water	then	off the rocks	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme off rock=Initial_Location into water=Destination

Option 3

He threw it up high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 threw	compound:prt
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 threw	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw up	past	He	it				high property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He hit it with his head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hit	nsubj
2	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hit	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 head	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	He	it				with his head	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with head=Instrument

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