Test 4 · ★ · Devil Tales, The Unwashed Soldier: a hunter's dog, a curse…
Ngl, what did the mom yell at her son?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: do · To what, where: mom yell
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 488 «Devil Tales, The Unwashed Soldier: a hunter's dog, a cursed son, and a soldier who never washes end in devils outwitted by devils.» 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 | 4 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ngl | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 yell | det |
| 6 | mom | mom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 yell | compound |
| 7 | yell | yell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 son | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 son | nmod:poss |
| 10 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Ngl | the mom yell | at Ngl's son | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yell=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
"Get lost, you goof!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Get | punct |
| 2 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Get | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 goof | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 goof | nsubj |
| 6 | goof | goof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Get | obj |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Get | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | imperative | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | lose in a quote | participle | you not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | goof in a quote | you | tree rules |
Option 2
"Stop, you little rat!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Stop | punct |
| 2 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 rat | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 rat | nsubj |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rat | amod |
| 6 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Stop | vocative |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Stop | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop in a quote | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | rat in a quote | you | tree rules |
Option 3
"Go away, you pest!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Go | punct |
| 2 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 Go | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 pest | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 pest | nsubj |
| 6 | pest | pest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Go | obl |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Go | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go away in a quote | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pest in a quote | you | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
"The devil take thee!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 devil | det |
| 3 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | nsubj |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 take | obj |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in a quote | infinitive | the devil | thee | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme |
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