Test 10 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 26: the pirates die o…
Did the lads win the scrap on deck?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lads · What happens: win · To what, where: scrap, deck
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 335 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 26: the pirates die one by one and Peter faces Hook» 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 | 3 lads | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lads | det |
| 3 | lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 win | nsubj |
| 4 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 scrap | det |
| 6 | scrap | scrap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 win | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 deck | case |
| 8 | deck | deck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 win | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 win | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | the lads | the scrap | deck | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scrap=Eventuality |
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
Nah, cos the pirates were too drunk to fight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 cos | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | cos | co | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pirates | det |
| 5 | pirates | pirate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cos | obj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 drunk | cop |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 drunk | advmod |
| 8 | drunk | drunk | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pirates | amod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 fight | mark |
| 10 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 drunk | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | co | present | the pirates | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | past | drunk property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | fight | to-infinitive | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, cos the pirates were all muddled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 cos | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cos | punct |
| 3 | cos | co | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pirates | det |
| 5 | pirates | pirate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 muddled | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 muddled | aux:pass |
| 7 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 muddled | advmod |
| 8 | muddled | muddle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cos | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | co | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | muddle | past · passive | the pirates | all property | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Yeah, cos the pirates were all muddled and fell over the rail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 cos | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cos | punct |
| 3 | cos | co | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 muddled | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pirates | det |
| 5 | pirates | pirate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 muddled | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 muddled | aux:pass |
| 7 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 muddled | advmod |
| 8 | muddled | muddle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 fell | cc |
| 10 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 muddled | conj |
| 11 | over | over | ADP | _ | 13 rail | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 rail | det |
| 13 | rail | rail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | co | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | muddle | past · passive | the pirates | all property | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fall | past | the rail | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over rail=Location |
Option 4
Yeah, they were all confused and beaten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 confused | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 confused | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 confused | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 confused | cop |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 confused | advmod |
| 6 | confused | confused | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 beaten | cc |
| 8 | beaten | beat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 confused | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past · passive | they | all, confused property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | beat | participle | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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