Test 8 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is…
he lost his hanky, the poor little dude, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: lose · To what, where: hanky
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 633 «The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is fetched from the nursery and made King» 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 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 hanky | nmod:poss |
| 4 | hanky | hanky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lost | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 dude | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dude | det |
| 7 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 dude | amod |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 dude | amod |
| 9 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hanky | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 lost | punct |
| 11 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 2 lost | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | he | his hanky and the poor little dude | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hanky=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
He ran off without his clean one because he was too excited to wait for Nurse to find it
The tree, 19 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 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 ran | compound:prt |
| 4 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 one | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 one | nmod:poss |
| 6 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ran | obl |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 excited | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 excited | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 excited | cop |
| 11 | too | too | ADV | _ | 12 excited | advmod |
| 12 | excited | excited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 ran | parataxis |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 wait | mark |
| 14 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 excited | xcomp |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 Nurse | case |
| 16 | Nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 wait | obl |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 find | mark |
| 18 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 wait | advcl |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | past | He | without his clean one | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | past | he | excited property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | wait | to-infinitive | he not said here | for Nurse | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | find | to-infinitive | he not said here | Nurse | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 2
He dropped it on the stairs
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 dropped | nsubj |
| 2 | dropped | drop | 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 dropped | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 stairs | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stairs | det |
| 6 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 dropped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | past | He | it | the stairs | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on stair=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He ran off without his clean one
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 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 ran | compound:prt |
| 4 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 one | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 one | nmod:poss |
| 6 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | past | He | without his clean one | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
He ran off without his clean one and never went back for it when the coach arrived at the door
The tree, 20 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 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 ran | compound:prt |
| 4 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 one | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 one | nmod:poss |
| 6 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ran | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 went | cc |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 went | advmod |
| 10 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ran | conj |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 went | advmod |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 went | obl |
| 14 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 17 arrived | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 coach | det |
| 16 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 arrived | nsubj |
| 17 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ran | advcl |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 door | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 door | det |
| 20 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 arrived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | past | He | without his clean one | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not go back | past | He not said here | for it | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | arrive | past | the coach | the door | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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