Test 2 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak se…
ngl the wind was going OFF, did the guy freak out?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wind, ngl, guy · What happens: go off, do, freak out · To what, where: ngl, guy
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 378 «Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak settles the quarrel» 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 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 did | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wind | det |
| 3 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 going | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 going | aux |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 ngl | acl:relcl |
| 6 | OFF | off | ADP | _ | 5 going | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 ngl | punct |
| 8 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 guy | det |
| 10 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 did | obj |
| 11 | freak | freak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 guy | acl:relcl |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 freak | compound:prt |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go off | past · progressive | the wind | ngl not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | past | ngl | the guy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guy=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | freak out | infinitive | the guy not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he just squeezed his cloak tighter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 squeezed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 squeezed | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 squeezed | advmod |
| 5 | squeezed | squeeze | 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 cloak | nmod:poss |
| 7 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 squeezed | obj |
| 8 | tighter | tight | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 squeezed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | squeeze | past | he | his cloak | tight property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme |
Option 2
yeah, he freaked out and dropped his whole bag on the road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 freaked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 freaked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 freaked | nsubj |
| 4 | freaked | freak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 freaked | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 dropped | cc |
| 7 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 freaked | conj |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 bag | nmod:poss |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bag | amod |
| 10 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dropped | obj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 road | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 road | det |
| 13 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dropped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freak out | past | he | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | drop | past | he not said here | his whole bag | the road | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme on road=Destination |
Option 3
yep, he yelled at the Sun a lot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 yelled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yelled | nsubj |
| 4 | yelled | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 Sun | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Sun | det |
| 7 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 yelled | obl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lot | det |
| 9 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yelled | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | past | he | a lot | at the Sun | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at sun=Stimulus |
Option 4
nah, he yelled at the Wind and ran off down the lane
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 yelled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yelled | nsubj |
| 4 | yelled | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 Wind | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Wind | det |
| 7 | Wind | Wind | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 yelled | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 ran | cc |
| 9 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 yelled | conj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 ran | compound:prt |
| 11 | down | down | ADP | _ | 13 lane | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lane | det |
| 13 | lane | lane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | past | he | at the Wind | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at wind=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | he not said here | the lane | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down lane=Trajectory |
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