Test 7 · ★ · Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Death, part 53: magic w…
the bird sticks the bits back together with a beak, that's sus
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bird, that · What happens: stick back, be · To what, where: bits
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 461 «Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Death, part 53: magic water brings the dead back, and Snakes and cliffs guard the flasks» 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sticks | nsubj |
| 3 | sticks | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bits | det |
| 5 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sticks | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 sticks | advmod |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 sticks | advmod |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 beak | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 beak | det |
| 10 | beak | beak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sticks | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 sus | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 sus | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 sus | cop |
| 14 | sus | suspect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sticks | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick back | present | the bird | the bits | with a beak; together property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent bit=Destination with beak=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | that | suspect property | tree rules |
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
nah, it's the wing that sticks them together, the beak's just for pecking, innit
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 wing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wing | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wing | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wing | det |
| 6 | wing | wing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 sticks | nsubj |
| 8 | sticks | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wing | acl:relcl |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sticks | obj |
| 10 | together | together | ADV | _ | 8 sticks | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 pecking | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 beak | det |
| 13 | beak | beak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 pecking | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 beak | case |
| 15 | just | just | ADV | _ | 17 pecking | advmod |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 pecking | case |
| 17 | pecking | pecking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wing | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 innit | punct |
| 19 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 pecking | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | the wing and the beak's pecking and innit | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stick | present | the wing and the beak's pecking and innit | wing | together property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, dead water first, then live, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 water | punct |
| 3 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 water | amod |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 live | nsubj |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 water | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 live | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 live | advmod |
| 8 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bro | punct |
| 10 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 live | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | infinitive | dead water | then | bro vocative | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
yeah, live water after, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 live | punct |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 live | obj |
| 5 | after | after | ADV | _ | 3 live | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bro | punct |
| 7 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 live | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | water | after property | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme water=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, he sprinkles the dead water first then the live water, bro, proper
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sprinkles | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sprinkles | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sprinkles | nsubj |
| 4 | sprinkles | sprinkle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 6 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sprinkles | obj |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 sprinkles | advmod |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 water | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 water | det |
| 11 | live | live | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 water | amod |
| 12 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sprinkles | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 bro | punct |
| 14 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 water | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 proper | punct |
| 16 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 water | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sprinkle | present | he | the dead water | the live water and bro obl; first property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
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