Test 1 · ★ · Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon fli…
yo, the Dragon just nicked the whole soccer lot, innit? What happened to the ball?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dragon · What happens: nick, innit, happen · To what, where: whole soccer lot
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 634 «Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon flies out, takes the soccer game, and ends Parliament» 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
Sentence 1: yo, the Dragon just nicked the whole soccer lot, innit?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 6 nicked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yo | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Dragon | det |
| 4 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 nicked | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 nicked | advmod |
| 6 | nicked | nick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lot | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 lot | amod |
| 9 | soccer | soccer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lot | compound |
| 10 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 nicked | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 innit | punct |
| 12 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 nicked | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 nicked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nick | past | the Dragon | the whole soccer lot | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient | ||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | the Dragon not said here | 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.
Sentence 2: What happened to the ball?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 ball | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ball | det |
| 5 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | to the ball | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It was snatched up by the beast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 snatched | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 snatched | aux:pass |
| 3 | snatched | snatch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 snatched | compound:prt |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 beast | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 beast | det |
| 7 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 snatched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snatch up | past · passive | the beast | It | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It got carried off, goal-posts and all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 carried | aux:pass |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 carried | compound:prt |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 posts | punct |
| 6 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 posts | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 goal | punct |
| 8 | posts | post | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 carried | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 all | cc |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 carried | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry off | past · passive | It | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
It flew off with the Dragon's claws
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 flew | nsubj |
| 2 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 flew | compound:prt |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 claws | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Dragon | det |
| 6 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 claws | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Dragon | case |
| 8 | claws | claw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 flew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly off | past | It | with the Dragon's claws | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It was taken by the Dragon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 taken | aux:pass |
| 3 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 Dragon | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Dragon | det |
| 6 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 taken | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · passive | the Dragon | It | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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