Test 7 · ★ · Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon fli…
did the Dragon really take the whole game, like for real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dragon · What happens: take · To what, where: whole game
This is test 7 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 take | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Dragon | det |
| 3 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 take | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 take | advmod |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 game | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 game | amod |
| 8 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 real | punct |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 real | case |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 real | case |
| 12 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 take | advcl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · do-support | the Dragon | the whole game | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
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
Nah, the Dragon left the players behind and only took the goal-posts and nets
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 left | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Dragon | det |
| 4 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 left | nsubj |
| 5 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 players | det |
| 7 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 left | obj |
| 8 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 5 left | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 took | cc |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 took | advmod |
| 11 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 left | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 posts | det |
| 13 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 posts | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 goal | punct |
| 15 | posts | post | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 took | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 nets | cc |
| 17 | nets | net | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 posts | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | the Dragon | the players | behind property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent player=Theme | |||
| 2 | take | past | the Dragon not said here | the goal posts and nets | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, every single player, the ball, the umpires and all the goal-posts on the common
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 player | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 player | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 player | det |
| 4 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 player | amod |
| 5 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 ball | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ball | det |
| 8 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 player | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 umpires | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 umpires | det |
| 11 | umpires | umpire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 player | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 posts | cc |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 posts | det:predet |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 posts | det |
| 15 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 posts | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 goal | punct |
| 17 | posts | post | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 player | conj |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 common | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 common | det |
| 20 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 posts | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Nah, only the goalkeeper stayed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 stayed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 goalkeeper | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 goalkeeper | det |
| 5 | goalkeeper | goalkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stayed | nsubj |
| 6 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | the goalkeeper | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, players, ball and goal-posts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 players | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 players | punct |
| 3 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 ball | punct |
| 5 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 players | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 posts | cc |
| 7 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 posts | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 goal | punct |
| 9 | posts | post | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 players | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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